Wool Loss in Sheep

July 2013

Maria Fors

telogen effluvium high cortisol levels cold stress nutritional deficiencies

Studysummary In this study of Swedish sheep herds, nutritional deficiencies and telogen effluvium, possibly due to cold stress after shearing, were suggested as primary causes of wool loss.

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