Feed quality restriction and compensatory growth in growing sheep: Feed intake, digestion, nitrogen balance and modelling changes in feed efficiency

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 209-217

  Kamalzadeh, A ^a   Van Bruchem, J ^a   Koops, W J ^a   Tamminga, S ^a   Zwart, D ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Compensatory growth; Feed efficiency; Feed intake; Feed quality restriction; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0005262407     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(97)00125-5     Document Type: Article

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