lamb

LAMB

Acronym for lentigines, atrial myxoma, mucocutaneous myxomas, and blue nevi. See: LAMB syndrome.

lamb

young sheep still with its dam or up to 5 months of age. Qualified as ram or ewe lamb. In commercial usage may include much older animals, e.g in Europe.

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lamb bed

uterus.

bummer lamb

an American term for an orphan lamb that has to be fed artifically with milk replacer.

lamb dysentery

a severe, highly fatal enteritis with diarrhea and dysentery in young lambs caused by Clostridium perfringens type B.

lamb industry

includes stud flocks which produce rams of fat lamb breeds, e.g. Dorset Down, commercial farms breeding crossbred fat lamb mothers and fattening the lambs. The latter may be undertaken in feedlots or on special pasture fattening farms. Saleyards and sale rings, lamb abattoirs and wholesale outlets comprise the marketing side of the industry.

lamb marking

earmarking, castration and tail docking.

lamb marking rate

the percentage of lambs born which reach the stage of lamb marking. An index of lamb mortality rate.

lamb poison

see isotropis.

l's quarter

chenopodiumalbum.

l's tongue

Scleroblitum (chenopodium) atriplicinum, plantago.