@conference {69498,
	title = {Do lambs within twin- and triplet-born litter produce different amount of heat during a cold stress event?},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {70},
	year = {2010},
	month = {Jun},
	pages = {171-174},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	address = {Palmerston North},
	abstract = {Triplet-born lambs have been shown to have lighter birth weights (Morris \& Kenyon, 2004; Kerslake et al., 2005; Everett-Hincks \& Dodds, 2008), lower rectal temperatures (Dwyer \& Morgan, 2006; Stafford et al., 2007), lower plasma fructose (Stafford et al., 2007) and greater plasma lactate concentrations within five minutes of birth (Stafford et al., 2007; J.I. Kerslake, Unpublished data) than twin-born lambs. In addition to this, within a tripletborn litter, the lightest lambs have been shown to have lower rectal temperatures and greater plasma lactate concentrations within five minutes of birth (Stafford et al., 2007; J.I. Kerslake, Unpublished data) than the heaviest lambs. Light birth weights, low rectal temperatures and greater plasma lactate concentrations within five minutes of birth have been used as indices for placental insufficiency, acute intra-partum hypoxemia and inadequate thermogenesis after birth (Barlow et al., 1987; Mellor, 1988).},
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Kerslake JL and Kenyon PR and Stafford KJ and Morris ST and Morel PCH}
}
