Supplementation with linseed (Linum usitatissimum) cake and/or wheat bran on feed utilization and carcass characteristics of Arsi-Bale sheep

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 677-685

  Tafa, Abebe ^a   Melaku, Solomon ^b   Peters, Kurt J ^c  

^a Bokoji ATVET College   (Ethiopia)

^b HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arsi Bale sheep; Body weight; Carcass characteristics; Digestibility; Feed intake

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; EATING; ETHIOPIA; FLAX; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DIGESTION; EATING; ETHIOPIA; FLAX; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SHEEP;

LINUM USITATISSIMUM; OVIS ARIES; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 77952881223     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-009-9475-8     Document Type: Article

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