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B-mode and Doppler ultrasonographic examination of the udder of ewes was performed. During the last month of pregnancy, grey-scale intensity values of mammary parenchyma in group A were significantly greater than in group B (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>= 0\u00b7007), as was also the progressive increase in grey-scale intensity values in both groups (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>&lt; 0\u00b7001). Blood mammary input was significantly greater in ewes of group B than in ewes of group A (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>&lt; 0\u00b705), as was also the progressive increase in blood input in both groups (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>&lt; 0\u00b7001). Further, differences between the two groups were identified in pulsatility index (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>= 0\u00b7007) and in mean blood velocity (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>= 0\u00b7036), but only during the last fortnight of pregnancy. After lambing, grey-scale values decreased sharply compared to those in pregnancy (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>&lt; 0\u00b701), whilst blood input, pulsatility index and mean blood velocity continued the same trend as at the last stage of pregnancy, with differences between the two groups still prevalent (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>&lt; 0\u00b705). There was a reverse correlation between grey-scale intensity values and milk quantities (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>&lt; 0\u00b7035) and a correlation between blood input and milk quantities (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>&lt; 0\u00b707). The progressive increase in the diameter of the external pudendal artery was significant (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>&lt; 0\u00b7001), but no significant differences were evident between the two groups (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>&gt; 0\u00b735). Differences between group A and group B in all other haemodynamic parameters studied were not significant, neither throughout the last month of pregnancy (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>&gt; 0\u00b725), nor during the first week of lactation (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>&gt; 0\u00b706). 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