Responses in the growth of body components of finishing lambs to additional metabolizable energy supplied from either grass silage or concentrates

Animal Science

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 503-512

  Steen, R W J ^a   Johnston, S D ^a   Kilpatrick, D J ^b   Chestnutt, D M B ^a  

^a AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Concentrates; Growth; Lambs; Metabolizable energy; Silage

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032325973     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357729800032938     Document Type: Article

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