Figure 1

Dependence of reasons for lamb deaths on sheep breed and age at death. (A) Percentage of lamb deaths which were classified as lambing-associated (black), misfortune (dark grey), physical (mid-grey), disease (light grey) or other (white), and their dependence on sheep breed. Breeds are: Beulah Speckled Face (Beulah); Bluefaced Leicester (BFLeic); Charollais (Charol); Lleyn; North Country Cheviot (Hill) (NCC(H)); North Country Cheviot (Park) (NCC(P)); Poll Dorset (PollD); Scottish Blackface (SBF); Texel; and Welsh Mountain (WeMo). (B) Percentage of lamb deaths which were classified as lambing-associated (black), misfortune (dark grey), physical (mid-grey), disease (light grey) or other (white), and their dependence on age at death.