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Influence of age at entry and level of concentrate feeding on growth and carcass characteristics of feedlot-finished Tanzanian long-fat-tailed sheep

A 4 × 3 factorial experiment was carried out to evaluate the effects of age at entry to feedlot (AEF) and levels of concentrate feeding (LCF) on body weight gain, feed utilization and killing out characteristics of Tanzanian long-fat-tailed castrate sheep. The AEF points were 9, 12, 15 and 18 months...

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Autores principales: Shirima, Eligy J. M., Mtenga, Louis A., Kimambo, Abiliza E., Laswai, Germana H., Mgheni, Dyness M., Mushi, Daniel E., Shija, Dismas S., Safari, John G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Netherlands 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4019818/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24659239
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11250-014-0570-0