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"We want producers to realize the most critical time in a lamb’s life are
the first 72 hours."
Monty
Chappell
UK Extension Sheep Specialist.
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By Aimee D. Heald
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 13, 2003) - The University of Kentucky College of
Agriculture is committed to teaching livestock producers ways to improve their
enterprises and make them more profitable.
A fall lambing school offered at the UK Animal Research Center this fall will
focus on teaching new and veteran sheep producers essential skills to help get
their ewes through critical stages of late gestation, lambing, and early
lactation.
The 15th annual event is scheduled for Oct. 8, at the UK Animal Research Center
on U.S. 62 near Versailles in Woodford County. Applied management and hands-on
opportunities related to the care of the ewe in late gestation through creep
feeding of lambs will be covered.
"We want producers to realize the most critical time in a lamb’s life are the
first 72 hours," said Monty Chappell, UK sheep specialist. "If they make it
through that time, usually they will be well on their way to market. Neonatal
lamb care can mean the difference between profit and loss in the sheep
business."
Registration is free and should be sent by Oct. 1 to: 2003 Lambing School, 911
W.P.Garrigus Bldg., University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546-0215. For more
information, call or e-mail Monty Chappell at (859) 257-2716, mchappel@uky.edu.
Attendees will be expected to follow biosecurity procedures and cannot have been
outside the U.S. during the seven days prior to the field day.
Writer: Aimee
D. Heald 859-257-4736, ext. 267
Source:
Monty Chappell 859-257-2716
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