Sheep terms 1

Question	Answer
Steaming Up	Feeding twin bearing ews 0.1kg of concentrates per day 7 weeks from lambing building up to 0.7kg at lambing. Prevents twin lamb disease.
Flushing	The process by which ewes are moved from a low plane of nutrition to a high plane of nutrition prior to mating
Fostering	Taking one lamb from a set of triplets and putting it on a ewe with a single lamb.
Length of oestrous cycle	17 days
Duration of oestrous	36 hours
Gestation period	149 days
Pheromones	Chemical substances that the ram produces in order to attract a female for mating
Ram effect	Suddenly introducing a ram to produce pheromones to encourage ovulation six weeks before normal
Short Day Breeders	Sheep are polyoestrus meaning they come into heat a few times during a certain time a year. As days get shorter increased melatonin stimulates pituitary gland to produce fsh

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