Effect of tail docking in Awassi lambs on metabolizable energy requirements and chemical composition of carcasses

Animal Science

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 359-366

  Al Jassim, R A M ^a,c   Brown, G ^b   Salman, E D ^a   Abodabos, A ^a,d  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Awassi; Carcass composition; Docking; Energy requirements; Lambs

Indexed keywords

FRAXINUS; LAMB; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0036899419     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1357729800053133     Document Type: Article

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