The effect of shearing pregnant ewes prior to a winter-lambing season on ewe and lamb performance in the southern Cape (Short Co
About half of the 505 winter-lambing SA Mutton Merino ewes were shorn at four or fewer weeks prior to lambing at the Outeniqua Experimental farm near George in July-August 1991 and 1992. The remaining ewes, with a 6 – 7-month…