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Tailored approach essential to improve lamb survival

<p>IMPROVING lamb survival has obvious benefits for profitability and animal welfare, but it's easier said than done as so many factors come into play. Charles Sturt University researcher Dr Susan Robertson said the reasons for lamb deaths vary from property to property and from season to season. By <strong>Jill Griffiths</strong></p>

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Tailored approach essential to improve lamb survival

  The most effective management to improve lamb survival on particular properties will vary depending on the major causes of death; you need to target the key causes of death to gain the largest improvement...

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