Testing the Efficiency Use of The Programmed Nursing Machine* in Raising Awassi Lambs under Sem-intensive Production System

Twenty four of Awassi lambs, Reared at Al-Kraim Center for Sheep Breeding and Range Management, were used to test the efficiency of artificial raising using the Programmed Nursing Machine (PNM) on the growth rate of Awassi newborn lambs for eleven weeks postlambing. Lambs were divided equally and randomly into two groups. The lambs in the first group (G١) were separated from their dams at ٧,٤ ± ٣,١ days old and raised artificially on dried whole dairy milk using PNM, while the lambs in the second group (G٢), the control group, were left with their dams to be raised naturally during the studied period (١١ weeks).