Sentence examples for suckle up to from inspiring English sources

Large-breed litters can have as many as 10 or 12 puppies, although the normal bitch can suckle up to 8 at a time.

Lactation proceeds for 19 to 42 months, but calves may suckle up to 13 years (although usually less).

Weight gain and health in a dairy herd performing natural suckling up to 6 8 weeks of age revealed an mean weight gain of 1.2 kg/d for calves up to 13 weeks of age, and absence of illness in calves, young stock and growing bulls.

("Sperm whales can suckle for up to 13 years," the narration relates).

Some babies will drain a breast entirely in 10 minutes while others can suckle for up to 30 minutes on each breast.

Two days after the first onset of diarrhea in suckling piglets, up to 100%% of the sows in the farrowing unit were affected by watery diarrhea.

Over a period of two years, growth rate and health were measured for dairy calves allowed to suckle their mothers up to 6 8 weeks of age.

Management of the calves in the farms with variations depending on the conditions of the farm was in general as follows: calves were left to suckle their dams up to 3 days after birth.

After two days suffering from diarrhoea the three-month-old Egyptian boy was too weak even to hold his head up to suckle at his mother's breast.

Some of the rich dishes of the Douro, like roast lamb or suckling pig, actually stand up to it quite well, though.

The calf suckles for 18 months to up to 8 years, and continues to closely associate with its mother for several years after weaning.