Table 3.

Nutritional programming analyses of lambs during the first 5 weeks of age.

Item	Treatments					SEM	p-Values
	First Third	Second Third	Last Third	Throughout Gestation	Control
Lactating Ewe
Ewe birth weight (kg)	61.66	60.33	60.66	61.33	64.00	4.63	0.96
Initial lactating weight (kg)	53.33	51.66	48.33	51.00	52.66	13.65	0.33
Difference (kg)	0.238	0.274	0.352	0.295	0.323	0.91	0.14
Final lactating weight (kg)	8.33	8.66	12.33	10.44	11.33	6.34	0.22
Live weight changes (kg)	8.33	8.66	12.33	10.44	11.33	6.34	0.22
Offspring
Birth lamb weight (kg)	5.66	5.84	4.83	6.27	4.62	0.54	0.32
Weaning lamb weight (kg)	13.55	12.49	11.98	12.35	11.52	0.97	0.33
Daily weight gain (g)	225	190	204	173	196	0.20	0.21

SEM, standard error of the mean.