Ewe Nutrition and Metabolic Disease
Please select one answer from the list for each question.
1
What percentage of foetal growth occurs during the last six weeks of pregnancy?
10 per cent
30 per cent
50 per cent
75 per cent
2
When should ewes be vaccinated against the clostridial diseases?
one week before lambing
two weeks before lambing
four weeks before lambing
at lambing time
3
Ovine pregnancy toxaemia occurs:
following a period of severe energy shortage
when feeding too much concentrates
following a period of severe protein shortage
when feeding concentrates without correct mineral supplementation
4
Hypocalcaemia is more common during:
mating
late gestation
during lambing
at turnout with newborn lambs at foot
5
Which of the following is a risk factor for hypocalcaemia?
overfatness
triplets
recent movement/dietary change during late pregnancy
underfeeding
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