20.500.12556/RUL-175195 Determining the influence of rearing method on lamb weaning behaviour Ugotavljanje vpliva tehnologije reje na obnašanje jagnjet ob odstavitvi Weaned lambs experience changes in feeding and management practices that may influence growth and behaviour. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the change in growth, and behaviour in early weaned lambs subjected to two rearing methods (natural and artificial) prior to weaning. The experiment was conducted with 24 lambs of the Assaf breed, divided into two groups (12 animals per group). The control group was reared naturally with their mothers until weaning (NR), while the lambs in the other group were reared artificially (AR) with milk replacer. After weaning, the AR lambs grew faster, allowing them to approximate the body weight of the NR lambs. On the first day after weaning, the NR lambs spent less than 1% of their time consuming concentrate and less than 2.5% of their time consuming alfalfa hay, resulting in 34.4% fewer feeding attempts than the AR lambs (p< 0.01). During the trial period, the NR lambs spent more time standing and moving (p < 0.05), and less time lying down, playing (p< 0.05) and feeding, compared to the AR lambs. This shows that the method of rearing before weaning has a significant influence on the behaviour. This warrants further research into factors influencing behaviour and its control in early weaned lambs. small ruminants sheep lambs animal nutrition weaning animal behaviour animal welfare drobnice ovce jagnjeta prehrana živali odstavitev obnašanje živali dobrobit živali true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2025-10-21 10:14:09 2025-10-21 10:14:14 2025-12-07 03:52:36 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2025 0 0 9 str. no. 3 Vol. 121 2025 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 63 1854-1941 10.14720/aas.2025.121.3.19974 254016515 View_of_Determining_the_influence_of_rearing_method_on_lamb_weaning_behaviour.pdf View_of_Determining_the_influence_of_rearing_method_on_lamb_weaning_behaviour.pdf 1 3C51430C1CE1C9E688E4BE88280A8ED0 1ef7b285a01fdb4143be698c906d413024fe90b4454e62ed74535a786e186c95 ce3020ab-ae55-11f0-9328-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=220513 https://journals.uni-lj.si/aas/article/view/19974/19010 1 a5f9cac4-ae55-11f0-9328-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=220511 Biotehniška fakulteta Acta agriculturae Slovenica 0 0 0