Management of Merino ewes to maintain targeted ewe body weight and condition score during pregnancy improves lamb survival, ewe wool staple strength and results in finer wool from progeny (Thompson and Oldham, 2004; Behrendt et al. 2006). These benefits are of interest to sheep producers because they improve profit. Achievement of uniform live weight and condition score within a flock of pregnant ewes is difficult because of different pregnancy status and random variation among individuals. One means of overcoming this difficulty is preferential feeding of individual ewes according to requirements and live weight performance (differential management). ...
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