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Approaches to Enhancing Lambing Rate from Out of Season Breeding
This webinar is made possible with funding support from the Let’s Grow Committee of the
American Sheep Industry Association.
Presenter:
Marlon Knights, PhDAssociate Professor, Reproductive Physiology
Division Animal and Nutritional Sciences Davis College of Agriculture Natural Resource and Design
West Virginia UniversityHost/Moderator: Jay Parsons
December 11, 2018
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Today the high temperature was 830F11.5 hours of sunlight
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Outline
• Reproductive Efficiency – Lambing rate as a measure of reproductive efficiency
• Seasonality of reproduction in sheep• Consequences of seasonal reproduction• Out‐of‐season breeding
– benefits and strategies
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Reproductive Efficiency has the Single Largest Impact on Flock Productivity
and Profitability
Lambing rate –Global measure of reproductive efficiency
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Flock Lambing Rate
• Lambs born per ewe (exposed at beginning of the breeding season)
• Lambs born is a function of:–Proportion of ewes lambing–Prolificacy (lambs born per ewe lambing)
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Flock Lambing Rate
• If we introduced rams to 100 ewes• 90 ewes lambed (proportion lambing = 90%)
• 180 lambs produced• Prolificacy = 180/90 = 200%• Lambing rate = 180/100 *100 = 180% (0.9 * 200)
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US Lambing Rate
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SEASONALITY OF REPRODUCTION
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Seasonality of Reproduction in Sheep
• In temperate regions sheep are reproductively active during a limited defined season
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Timing of Seasonality of Reproduction in Sheep
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LH Measure of Reproductive Activity is Suppressed During Anestrous Season
Seasonal Changes in the Sensitivity to Estradiol Negative Feedback (Legan et al., 1977).
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CONSEQUENCES OF SEASONALITY OF REPRODUCTION
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Consequences of Seasonality of Reproduction
• Lower annual and lifetime productivity of the ewe
• Significant variation in lamb prices– Gluts in lamb supply and depressed prices
• Variation in lamb supply
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Seasonality of reproduction results in Low Lambing Frequency
1 lambing per year
Major factor limiting lambing rate/productivity and profitability
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Traditional Annual Lamb Production Cycle
Lamb Bred
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Traditional lamb production is associated with a long (7-month) inter-
pregnancy period
Lamb BredInter‐pregnancy
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Seasonality of reproduction results in most lambs marketed at low
lamb prices
Limits profitability
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Seasonality of Reproduction in Ewes results in Most Lambs Being Sold at Lower than Average Prices
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Seasonal Reproduction Results in Inconsistent Lamb Supplies and Market
Gluts
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Seasonality of reproduction results in most lambs marketed at low lamb prices
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Mean Monthly US SLaughter
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Monthly Slaughter and Feeder Lamb Prices (1990‐2016)
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Slaughter Lamb Prices (1990‐2016) Feeder Lamb Prices (1990‐2016)
High Lamb Supply
Low Lamb Supply
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Goal for Out‐of‐Season Breeding
Target Higher Prices
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Out‐of‐Season Breeding Allows you to Target Periods of High Lamb
Prices
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Out-of-Season Breeding means re-Breeding During Seasonal Anestrus
shortens the inter-pregnancy period
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How Do we Get Ewes to Breed Out‐of‐Season?
• We reactivate the reproductive system!!
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The Ewe is a Seasonally Polyestrous Animal
Seasonal Changes in the Sensitivity to Estradiol Negative Feedback (Legan et al., 1977).
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How do we Reactivate the Reproductive System of Seasonal
Anestrous Ewes?
• Make the ewe think its fall (short days/breeding season)– Light manipulation
• Cheap, natural but not always practical
– Melatonin treatment • Relatively natural but not available or approved for use
• The “male /ram effect”
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Abrupt Ram Introduction Reactivates the Reproductive System
Increases LH Secretion in Anestrous Ewes
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RI increases secretion of LH in anestrous ewes (Knights et al., 2002)
LH pulse Frequency Representative animals in
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Abrupt RI ‐ “Ram‐effect” reactivates the reproductive system and induces ovulation and estrus in some ewes
(Oldham and Martin, 1978)
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MANY APPROACHES TO IMPROVE LAMBING RATE IN OUT‐OF‐SEASON BREEDING IS BASED ON HARNESSING AND IMPROVING THE RAM‐EFFECT
RESPONSE
The Ram effect is the Key to successful breeding of ewes out of season!
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Progetserone Pre‐treatment
Breeding Dry mature Females Out‐of‐Season/Spring using CIDRs
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Response of Anestrous Ewes to Abrupt RI ‐ “Ram‐effect”
(Oldham and Martin, 1978)
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Progesterone‐pretreatment and Ram/buck introduction
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• Effects of Progesterone• Females express estrus at first ram‐induced ovulation (females have opportunity to become pregnant before loosing response to male)
• Prevents premature regression of (corpus luteum) CL
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Treatment Schedule for Spring Breeding (Out‐of‐Season)
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Rams in
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Ram Removal
CIDR (P4)
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Reproductive Response of Progesterone (CIDR) Pre‐treated
Dry Anestrous Females
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Lambed, lambing rate, P < 0.05
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Another Approach for Spring Breeding (Out‐of‐Season)
-5 0 2 3 30
Rams in ± Gonadotropin(3 ml PG 600)
Estrus
Pregnancy Diagnosis
Ram Removal
CIDR (P4)
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Reproductive Response of Dry Anestrus Females Treated with P.G. 600® administered at CIDR Removal
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Improving Lambing Rate in Out‐of‐Season Breeding Systems• Breeding and selection
• Choose the right breed• Tropical breeds• Dorset, Polypay, Finn‐sheep
• Select the right animals• h2 for season length = 0.26
• Select replacements from ewe lambs born in fall
• Breed the right animals• Heterosis probably high
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Improving Lambing Rate in Out‐of‐Season Breeding Systems• Separate ewes from rams prior to breeding period
• At least 1 month prior to breeding
• Ewes can become refractory to the ram
• New/novel rams evoke the response
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Improving Lambing Rate in Out‐of‐Season Breeding Systems
• Wean lambs from ewes
• 1 month prior to breeding
• Ensure ewes are in good body condition
• Improve nutrition
SeasonSucklingLow body
condition score
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Improving Nutrition will Improve Pregnancy Rate in Lactating Ewes in
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Improving Lambing Rate in Out‐of‐Season Breeding Systems• Ram power Ewe:ram ratio should
not to exceed 18:1
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Improving Lambing Rate in Out‐of‐Season Breeding Systems• Manage the breeding area
• Keep in smaller lots first 2‐3 days after ram introduction to maximize the ram effect (greater contact)
• Avoid single ram lots if possible
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Improving Lambing Rate in Out‐of‐Season Breeding Systems
• Conduct breeding soundness examination on rams
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Improving Lambing Rate in Out‐of‐Season Breeding Systems
• “Prime” the male• Melatonin treatment• Improve semen characteristics
• Improve libido• Improve male effect
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OPTIMIZING PROLIFICACY
LR = % lambing X prolificacy
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Approaches to Optimize Prolificacy
• Selection and breeding–Breeding and selection –cheapest and most practical approach
–Genetic diversity
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Approaches to Optimize Prolificacy
• Other management practices–Nutritional management– Flock composition
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Other Goals for Out‐of‐Season Breeding
• Opportunity to improve annual and lifetime ewe productivity
• Improve consistency in lamb supply• Fewer Losses to Predators
• Improve Profits
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Taking Further Advantage of Fall Lambing/Out of
Season Breeding
Re‐breeding of Fall‐ lambing Females
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Rebreeding Fall Lambing Females
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Dry Fall‐lambing Ewes Can be Re‐bred with High Fertility in Late Fall/Early
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Suckling will not Affect the Ability of Fall‐lambing Ewes to Re‐breed in Late Fall/Early
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Summary
• Fall Lambing can improve productivity and profitability if lambing rates are optimal
• Achieving optimal lambing rates involves properly preparing the ewe and ram for breeding
• The use of CIDRs (progesterone‐pretreatment) and other pharmaceuticals can also assist in achieving optimal lambing rates
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Differences Exist for Operations with Fall-Lambing Versus Spring-Lambing
Production Variable Fall Lambing
Spring Lambing
Pregnancy Rate (ewes lambing/ewes exposed) 75% 89%
Lamb Crop (lambs born/ewe lambing) 159% 170%
Mortality Rate 6% 10%
Average Market Price $0.93 $0.75
Average Cost/lb of Lamb Produced $0.58 $0.51
Profit/lb of Lamb Produced $0.33 $0.28
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Lambing Rate in some Sheep Producing Countries
Country Lambing rate, %
Australia 90‐98 Australia Bureau of Statistics, 2013
New Zealand 125‐129 Beeflambnz.com, 2013
UK 155‐160 Nationalsheep.org.uk, 2011; nadis.org.uk
Canada 132 [193‐225] Sheep Statistics, 2012; Kennedy, OMAFRA
USA 110 NASS
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Increasing frequency of lambing requires shortening the inter-
pregnancy period re-breeding during anestrus
Lamb BredInter‐pregnancy
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