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Science · 2026-11-04
Limited cold stress during pregnancy could lead to increased lamb birth weight, survivability
Research out of South Dakota State University has highlighted a potential connection between limited exposure to cold stress during pregnancy and birth weight. The work showed that shearing ewes at day 50 of gestation, rather than after 100 days, resulted in larger and heavier lambs at birth.
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