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Table 4 Results from the statistical models where significant associations were found between herd factors and reproductive performance

From: Associations between housing and management factors and reproductive performance in 327 Norwegian sheep flocks

 

Barren ewes, %

Lambs born per pregnant ewe

Stillbirths,%

Lamb mortality,%a

Lambs per eweb

Descriptive statistics

     

Breed

*

***

  

**

Demographic measures

     

Family category of caretaker

    

*

Age of caretaker

    

*

Sheep husbandry – total production

  

*

  

Housing and management

     

Ewes per pen

 

*

   

Regrouping during the indoor period

**

   

***

Use of housing facilities during the lambing season

 

**

  

**

  1. (*P = <0.05, **P = <0.01, ***P = 0.001).
  2. aMortality rate of live born lambs in the indoor period.
  3. bLambs per ewe at the end of the indoor period.
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Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

ISSN: 1751-0147