Nutritional consequences among ingredients of free-choice feeding Awassi lambs

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-29

  Gorgulu M ^a   Kutlu, H R ^a   Demir, E ^b   Ozturkcan O ^a   Forbes, J M ^c  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZIOSMANPASA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diet selection; Fattening performance; Feed ingredients; Lamb

Indexed keywords

EID: 30244534405     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0921-4488(95)00777-6     Document Type: Article

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