Performance and carcass measurements of ewe lambs reared in a feedlot and fed wheat (Triticum durum Desf.) middlings total mixed rations in the summer season

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 779-784

  Tufarelli, Vincenzo ^a   Khan, Rifat Ullah ^b   Mazzei, Domenico ^a   Laudadio, Vito ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Carcass traits; Growth; Lamb; Wheat middlings

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MEAT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEASON; SHEEP; STANDARD; WHEAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; DIET; FEMALE; MALE; MEAT; SEASONS; SHEEP; TRITICUM;

OVIS ARIES; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84857685665     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-011-9967-1     Document Type: Article

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