Sire and liveweight affect feed intake and methane emissions of sheep confined in respiration chambers

Daily methane production and feed intake were measured on 160 adult ewes, which were the progeny of 20 sires and 3 sire types (Merino, dual-purpose and terminal) from a genetically diverse flock. All animals were housed in individual pens and fed a 50/50 mix of chaffed lucerne and oaten hays at 20 g...

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Autores principales: Robinson, D. L., Goopy, J. P., Donaldson, A. J., Woodgate, R. T., Oddy, V. H., Hegarty, R. S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4255326/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25404195
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1751731114001773

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4255326/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25404195
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1751731114001773

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