Effect of supplementary concentrate on growth and carcass characteristics in crossbred sheep of dual purpose

Indian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 878-881

  Singh, N P ^a,b   Sankhyan, S K ^a,b   Prasad, V S S ^a,b  

^a CENTRAL SHEEP AND WOOL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b Division of Animal Nutrition   (India)

Author keywords

Animal nutrition; Carcass characteristics; Concentrate; Growth; Sheep and wool

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; CARCASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; GROWTH; GROWTH RATE; LAMB; MALE; MEAT; NONHUMAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHEEP; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; THICKNESS; WEIGHT GAIN; WOOL;

ANIMALIA; CENCHRUS; CENCHRUS CILIARIS; LAMB; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 10344229439     PISSN: 03678318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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