Adapting for success: Understanding lamb performance in feedlots

Lamb performance in feedlots depends on adapting to stress, handling, diet changes, and social grouping. Maladaptation reduces feed intake, growth, and increases disease risk. Factors include respiratory disease, parasites, nutrition, pre-weaning care, and stocking density. Dr Jared Morris emphasises vaccination, quality nutrition, welfare, and monitoring for healthy, adapted lambs and profitable feedlot results.