Growth performance and carcass characteristics of lambs raised on varying proportion of roughage and concentrate

Indian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 902-905

  Karim, S A ^a   Rawat, P S ^a  

^a CENTRAL SHEEP AND WOOL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Carcass traits; Feed efficiency; Intensive feeding; Lamb growth; Roughage concentrate ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031320576     PISSN: 03678318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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