lambar

plural lambars · alternative lam-bar · alternative Lambar

1. a feeder for young mammals, particularly goats, consisting of a bucket ringed by a number of artificial nipples, each of which is connected to a tube inside the bucket that conveys milk from the bucket to feeding animals

   ...an automatic feeder called a Lambar can be used, or another type known as a Kid Saver.

   1975, Josephine Emily Eberhardt, Good beginnings with dairy goats

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   Newborn kids, after a day on colostrum were trained to consume goat milk from lambar nipples.

   1985, T. H. Teh, E. N. Escobar, M. J. Potchoiba, “Effect of restricted milk intake on performance of goat kids”, in Journal of Animal Science, volume 61

   Although it is possible to train very young kids to accept the lambar, this is usually only true for large ones. In order to ensure sufficient milk intake for the small kids, too, it was decided to use the lambar only from day 11 onwards.

   1993, Angelika Stemmer, Comparative Study of Indigenous Malaysian and Crossbred Goats’ Suitability for a Milk Production System, page 50

   Heat-treated colostrum may then be poured into 20-ounce soda bottles, which work with either a Lambar nipple or Pritchard Teat.

   2009, Carol Amundson, How to Raise Goats, page 91

   A small group is kept together until kids approach the lambar eagerly and take a teat; then the group will be made up to ten kids.

   2011, David Mackenzie, Goat Husbandry, fifth edition