Replacement of cereal grains by orange pulp and carob pulp in faba bean-based diets fed to lambs: Effects on growth performance and meat quality

Animal Research

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 21-30

  Lanza, Massimiliano ^a   Priolo, Alessandro ^a   Biondi, Luisa ^a   Bella, Marco ^a   Salem, Hichem Ben ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Carob pulp; Cereal grains; Growth; Meat quality; Orange pulp; Sheep

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012537364     PISSN: 16273583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/animres:2001101     Document Type: Article

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