NADIS Knowledge Transfer - Use of Scanning Data

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Many low ground crossbred flocks comprised of mule ewes have scanning results:

	around 155 per cent
	around 165 per cent
	around 185 per cent
	around 205 per cent
	around 225 per cent

Many low ground crossbred flocks comprised of mule ewes have weaning results:

	around 135 per cent
	around 155 per cent
	around 175 per cent
	around 195 per cent
	around 205 per cent

What percentage of female sheep are typically non-pregnant after a restricted breeding period of only 35 days (two reproductive cycles)?

	1 per cent
	2 per cent
	3 per cent
	5 per cent
	8 per cent

Ewe mortality around lambing time may result from which of the following ailments? (More than one answer may be correct).

	ovine pregnancy toxaemia (twin lamb disease)
	complications of vaginal and uterine prolapses
	not recognising first stage labour with subsequent death of the lambs in utero then death of the ewe due to toxaemia
	trauma during assisted lambing
	infection introduced at lambing

The mortality rate of triplet lambs is:

	the same as single lambs
	twice the rate of single lambs
	three times the rate of single lambs
	five times the rate of single lambs
	ten times the rate of single lambs

Lamb mortality from three day-old to weaning may result from which of the following ailments? (More than one answer may be correct).

	umbilical infections/peritonitis
	joint ill,
	clostridial diseases if no routine vaccination programme
	respiratory disease
	severe parasitic gastroenteritis such as nematodiriasis

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