Response of Male Lambs to Concentrate Mixtures given with or without Natural Clay under Egypt Conditions

Annals of Arid Zone

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 449-460

  Marai, I Fayez M ^a   Bahgat, L B ^a   Shalaby, T H ^b   Abdel Hafez, M A ^b  

^a Zagazig University   (Egypt)

^b ANIMAL PRODUCTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Behavior; Concentrate mixture diet; Fattening male lambs; Hot climate; Natural clay supplementation

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0034586781     PISSN: 05701791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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