Effects of Zinc Deficiency on the Wool Growth, Skin and Wool Follicles of Pre-ruminant Lambs

Abstract

Two groups of I-month-old pre-ruminant lambs of similar mean liveweights were fed identical liquid milkreplacer diets except that the zinc contents were either 5 p.g (deficient diet) or 32 p.g per gram of dry matter (control diet). These diets were fed for 4 weeks, after which all the lambs received the control diet for 2 weeks.