https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index ${session.getAttribute("locale")} 5 https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:19577 Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:58:20 AEDT ]]> https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:19576 Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:58:20 AEDT ]]> https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:26513 0.05) but low PCN decreased the size of the neonate (crown-rump-length and metacarpal length P< 0.05). A subset of lambs euthanased at 5 days of age further showed that low PCN decreased the amount of peri-renal fat (P < 0.05) and increased liver mass (P < 0.05) while high PCN increased neck thymus and ovary mass (P < 0.05). Neonatal lambs from low PCN ewes returned faster to their mothers after release (P < 0.05) and contacted the udder in the shortest time (P < 0.05). Significant interactions between PCN treatment and sex (P < 0.05) and between PCN treatment and ewe age (P < 0.05) were also observed for time lambs took to follow the ewe. Survival of lambs was similar but potential differences may have been masked by favourable weather conditions. In conclusion, this study provides evidence of significant changes in lamb growth and development dependent on PCN and, for the first time, links these changes with significant changes in behaviour of the neonate. The impact of these effects on lamb survival and potential reproductive capacity of female offspring remains to be determined.]]> Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:35:32 AEDT ]]>