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Lamb
Lamb and mutton is the meat attained from the killing of domestic sheep. The meat of a sheep in its first year is lamb, the meat of juvenile sheep older than a year is called hogget, the meat of an adult sheep is called mutton.
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Meat products; Lamb
A pen in which a flock is kept overnight to keep the sheep safe from predators, or to allow the collection of dung for manure.
fly strike
Meat products; Lamb
The infestation of the wool, skin and eventually flesh with blowfly maggots, rapidly causing injury or death. Usually (but not always) occurs where the wool has become contaminated by dung or urine, ...
flushing
Meat products; Lamb
The providing of nutritious feed in the few weeks before mating to improve fertility, or in the period before birth to increase lamb birth-weight.
maternal sires
Meat products; Lamb
Sires that are used in a crossbreeding program to sire replacement females for the flock. These sires have strong maternal traits to produce the next generation of productive ewes.
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Meat products; Lamb
A highly contagious viral disease of sheep (and goats) attacking damaged skin areas around the mouth and causing sores, usually affecting lambs in their first year of life.