Growth and carcass characteristics of prime lambs fed diets containing urea, lupins or canola meal as a crude protein source

Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1193-1197

  Wiese, S C ^a   White, C L ^b   Masters, D G ^b   Milton, J T B ^c   Davidson, R H ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carcass traits; Liveweight

Indexed keywords

DIET; FEEDING; LIVESTOCK; NITROGEN; PROTEIN;

WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

AVENA; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; LAMB; OVIS ARIES; SINAPIS ARVENSIS;

EID: 0346991474     PISSN: 08161089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EA02134     Document Type: Article

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