Supplementary feeding of sheep in southern NSW
Primefact Number: 331 Edition: First edition Released/reviewed: 01 Feb 2007
'Supplementary feeding' is the addition of feed to pasture to improve animal performance. When supplements are fed to stock there are three possible outcomes, depending on whether energy or protein supplements are used and on how the pasture and supplement interact during digestion: supplementation, substitution or complementation.
The contents of this Primefact include the following:
- When is feeding likely to pay?
- Supplementing weaners on dry pastures
- Practical aspects of feeding weaners
- Drought and early weaning
- Grain treatment
- Minerals and vitamins during supplementation
- Creep feeding
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