All Outputs (3)

Anaemia in Lambs and Kids Reared Indoors on Maternal Milk and the Impact of Iron Supplementation on Haemoglobin Levels and Growth Rates (2022)
Journal Article
Crilly, J. P., & Plate, P. (2022). Anaemia in Lambs and Kids Reared Indoors on Maternal Milk and the Impact of Iron Supplementation on Haemoglobin Levels and Growth Rates. Animals, 12(14), 1863. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12141863

Abstract: This study aimed to assess iron deficiency anaemia in new-born lambs and goat kids and
was carried out in two parts: (1) Twenty blood samples were taken from one-month-old lambs and
kids under different systems and were tested for haemogl... Read More about Anaemia in Lambs and Kids Reared Indoors on Maternal Milk and the Impact of Iron Supplementation on Haemoglobin Levels and Growth Rates.

Such a tease! Production and uses of teaser rams, bucks, boars and bulls (2022)
Journal Article
Crilly, J., Reilly, B., & Wood, M. (2022). Such a tease! Production and uses of teaser rams, bucks, boars and bulls. In Practice, 44(4), 228-238. https://doi.org/10.1002/inpr.204

Background: Male livestock rendered sterile through vasectomy or epididymectomy, but still hormonally and behaviourally sexually active, have many uses. In small ruminants they can be used to advance the breeding season and puberty, synchronise and d... Read More about Such a tease! Production and uses of teaser rams, bucks, boars and bulls.

Digit amputation in small ruminants (2022)
Journal Article
Crilly, J. P., Reilly, B., & Scott, P. (2022). Digit amputation in small ruminants. Livestock, 27(2), 90-94. https://doi.org/10.12968/live.2022.27.2.90

Digit amputation is an appropriate surgical response to septic pedal arthritis and other infectious problems of the deep digital tissues that will not respond to medical therapy. It may be performed under local, regional or general anaesthesia. The p... Read More about Digit amputation in small ruminants.