Effect of feeding level in late pregnancy and early lactation and fibre level in mid lactation on body mass, milk production and quality in Awassi ewes

Animal Science

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 231-241

  Goodchild, A V ^a   El Awad, A I ^a   Gursoy O ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^b CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Energy requirements; Ewes; Fibre content; Milk composition

Indexed keywords

HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0033071017     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1357729800050268     Document Type: Article

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