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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2014
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| 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 |