Chinese herbal medicine promotes growth by improving nutrient utilization and rumen microbiota in suckling lambs. [PDF]
Wang Y +7 more
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Effects of green oak acorn (Quercus ilex) intake on nutrient digestibility, lamb growth, and carcass and non-carcass characteristics [PDF]
The green oak (Quercus ilex) plays an important role in forest ecology when oaks are the dominant species or are plentiful. The use of acorns as an alternative to barley for livestock feeding can be beneficial for breeders.
I. Mekki +4 more
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Acute fatal <i>Leptospira kirschneri</i> infection in suckling lambs and calves in Uruguay. [PDF]
Machado M +8 more
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The susceptibility of suckling lambs to zinc toxicity [PDF]
1.Suckling lambs maintained for 4 weeks on a milk-substitute diet containing 407 g Toprina yeast/kg dry matter of diet exhibited poor growth, low appetite and extensive renal damage.2.The batch of yeast used contained 2065 mg zinc/kg.3.The kidneys of lambs offered a milk diet supplemented with the same Zn content as the yeast-fed diet (32.1 mg Zn/1000 ...
N T, Davies +3 more
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The Impact of Feeding Organic Trace Minerals Using Advanced Chelate Technology on Reproductive Efficiency and Blood Parameters in Ghezel Ewes. [PDF]
Supplementing the flushing diet with organic trace minerals based on advanced chelate technology enhanced the reproductive performance of ewes as compared with inorganic trace minerals. ABSTRACT Background The bioavailability of trace minerals (TM) in a diet is important for improving reproductive performance and fertility parameters.
Vatankhah S +6 more
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A cohort study of the associations between udder conformation, milk somatic cell count, and lamb weight in suckler ewes [PDF]
A cohort study of 67 suckler ewes from 1 farm was carried out from January to May 2010 to investigate associations between udder conformation, udder half milk somatic cell count (SCC), and lamb weight. Ewes and lambs were observed at lambing.
A.J. Bradley +21 more
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Carcass characteristics and instrumental meat quality of suckling kids and lambs [PDF]
Alcalde Aldea, María Jesús +4 more
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Several local sheep breeds of the Alpine regions are in danger of extinction as a result of mountain farms being abandoned. Three fattening trials were carried out on 4 breeds of the Veneto region (Foza, Lamon, Alpagota, and Brogna) on a total of 115 ...
Giovanni Bittante +8 more
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Effect of supplementary concentrate feeding to lambs on the growth performance and body morphometry
A study was conducted to evaluate the effect of feeding concentrate to suckling lambs on their performance. Experiment comprised 40 day old suckling lambs having 1.56 kg average birth weight, with 20 female and 20 male lambs selected randomly from the ...
J D MOHANTY +4 more
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Meat quality of suckling lambs supplemented with contents of crude glycerin in creep feeding
The objective of this research was to evaluate the effect of crude glycerin in the supplement provided in creep feeding on the physico-chemical and sensory characteristics of meat from suckling lambs kept in pasture ryegrass.
Ana Carolina Ribeiro Sanquetta de Pellegrin +5 more
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