Effect of bitter vetch (Vicia ervilia) seeds as a replacement protein source of soybean meal on performance and carcass characteristics of finishing Awassi lambs

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 293-300

  Abdullah, Abdullah Y ^a   Muwalla, Marwan M ^a   Qudsieh, Rasha I ^a   Titi, Hosam H ^b  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Awassi lambs; Bitter vetch; Carcass characteristics; Digestibility; Growth

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE MAX; OVIS ARIES; VICIA; VICIA ERVILIA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BEAN; BODY WEIGHT; DIGESTION; ECONOMICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; JORDAN; MALE; MEAT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; PROTEIN INTAKE; RANDOMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHEEP; STANDARD;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DIETARY PROTEINS; DIGESTION; JORDAN; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; MEAT; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEEDS; SHEEP; VICIA;

EID: 77951237961     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-009-9420-x     Document Type: Article

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