TABLE 2.

Numbers of lambs born alive and dead from control and arginine-treated ewes carrying multiple fetuses¹

	Status at birth	Litter size				% of total lambs born
Treatment		Twins	Triplets	Quadruplets	Total
Arginine
Ewes, n		7	5	8	20
	Alive	14	6	7	27	44.3*
	Dead	0	9	25	34	55.7**
	Total	14	15	32	61
Control
Ewes, n		3	7	4	14
	Alive	3	8	1	12	27.9
	Dead	3	13	15	31	72.1
	Total	6	21	16	43

¹Values are the number of lambs or ewes. Asterisks indicate different from control: * = 0.05, **P < 0.05.