Growing and finishing performance by lambs differing in growth potential consuming diets during growing varying in levels of corn and rumen undegradable protein

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 245-257

  Goetsch, A L ^a  

^a DALE BUMPERS SMALL FARMS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Feed intake; Growth; Sheep; Supplementation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033067336     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-4488(98)00137-0     Document Type: Article

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