Sentence examples for majority of ewes from inspiring English sources

Gross lesions that mostly consisted of hemorrhagic fibrinosuppurative placentitis and endometritis were evident in the majority of ewes infected with the abortion-associated C. jejuni.

Pre-experimental sampling (6 May) of ewes on farm L, showed that the majority of ewes (9/16) had egg counts less than 50 epg, however 3 ewes had egg counts exceeding 1,000 epg, which were shown by larval differential to be predominantly H. contortus.

Ewes on farm L had been dosed in late November 2003 and pre-experimental sampling prior to turn-out confirmed the expectation that the majority of ewes had negligible faecal egg counts, although there were a few animals with high egg counts.

The majority of the ewes in a hardy sheep flock are crossed with less hardy but bigger breeds to produce crossbreed flocks.

Traditionally (certainly since the mid-20th century), the majority of half-hardy ewes would be sold to lowland farmers as breeding stock, and the male lambs sold as 'stores' to be fattened on lower, more productive land.

Usually, you get double the number of ewes, but some of my girls are pretty old.

A greater percentage of ewes treated with CIDR or MGA8b lambed than did control ewes (P < 0.01), with more CIDR ewes lambing than MGA8b ewes (P < 0.01).

Shearing ewes before lambing reduces the number of ewes that are cast (i.e. unable to rise unassisted), and the number of lambs and ewes that are lost.

The predominant species throughout were Teladorsagia/Trichostrongylus spp on farm L. + number of ewes with positive faecal egg counts * Ewes and lambs moved off pasture At the first sampling occasion in late June (Farms B and N), or early July (Farm L), when they were approximately 10 weeks of age, the majority of lambs recorded positive egg counts.

The same number of ewes was used on farm L but there were 5 ewes with twins and 15 ewes with single lambs (equal sexes in both groups).

The percentage of ewes experiencing at least one ovulation per month dropped dramatically in April and rose again in August (tropical ewes) or September (temperate ewes).