A study on fattening Ethiopian sheep. I. Performance of highland lambs under feed-lot conditions

Two trials were performed to study the fattening performance of Ethiopian highland sheep under feed-lot conditions. Three diets were tried; A-20 % hay, B -35% hay and C-50% hay. Trial I had the three diets represented on 84 non-descript highland all-milk-tooth ram lambs, while in Trial II, only, diets A and C were tried on 47 highland Horro ram lambs. The average initial veight was 20.4 kg in Trial II. Average daily gain differed significantly (p

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Galal, E.S.E., Awgichew, K., Kebede, B., Gojam, Y., O'Donovan, P.B.
Format: Journal Article biblioteca
Language:English
Published: 1979
Subjects:sheep, feeds, highlands, fattening, feedlots, animal performance, feed conversion efficiency, carcass composition,
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/66846
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