Carcass weight of Greenlandic lambs in relation to grazing area biomass

• Published in: Open Agriculture
• Main Authors: Lehmann, Jesper Overgård, Odgaard, Mette Vestergaard, Kristensen, Troels
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Walter de Gruyter GmbH 2020
• Subjects: General Agricultural and Biological Sciences; Greenland; Slaughter; greenlandic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/opag-2020-0009; https://www.degruyter.com/view/journals/opag/5/1/article-p85.xml; https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/opag-2020-0009/xml; https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/opag-2020-0009/pdf

Abstract This study set out to investigate possible relationships between lamb carcass weight and quality with feed availability during the main growing season in southern Greenland where farms are sparsely distributed over a large area. In early May, ewes and new-born lambs are let out to graze per...