Variation in individual feed intake profiles recorded in group-housed lambs

HM Wishart; NR Lambe

Variation in individual feed intake profiles recorded in group-housed lambs

HM Wishart^*, NR Lambe

^*Corresponding author for this work

Hill & Mountain Research Centre

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Abstract

Information on feed intake is valuable for feed trials and research on feed efficiency and genetics. Current methods to collect intake information either require individual housing of sheep or group based data collection. Neither
method is ideal for determining individual intake for a large number of sheep. Feed efficiency is known to vary between individuals with a 20% difference in intake reported between sheep with the same level of growth (Johnson et al., 2015). New feed intake monitoring equipment (FIME) has been developed that uses the sheep RFID number stored in their ear tag to record individual intake at specially designed feed bins and crates. This abstract presents results from a UK pilot trial exploring the possibility of using this technology to collect individual intake data and identify variation between animals.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances in Animal Biosciences
Subtitle of host publication	Animal Science Fit for the Future
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Pages	21
Number of pages	1
Volume	10
Edition	1
ISBN (Electronic)	ISSN: 2040-4700
Publication status	Print publication - 9 Apr 2019
Event	British Society of Animal Science Annual Conference: Animal Science Fit for the Future - Edinburgh, United Kingdom Duration: 9 Apr 2019 → 11 Apr 2019 Conference number: 75

Conference

Conference	British Society of Animal Science Annual Conference
Abbreviated title	BSAS
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Edinburgh
Period	9/04/19 → 11/04/19

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Wishart, HM., & Lambe, NR. (2019). Variation in individual feed intake profiles recorded in group-housed lambs. In Advances in Animal Biosciences: Animal Science Fit for the Future (1 ed., Vol. 10, pp. 21). Cambridge University Press. https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/1E725FEC9443C13E5F36D90B9A693683/S2040470019000013a.pdf/proceedings_of_the_british_society_of_animal_science.pdf

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