Effects of Prosopis laevigata pods on growth performance, ruminal fermentation and blood metabolites in finishing lambs

Autor: Juan Manuel Pinos-Rodríguez, Luz Y. Peña-Avelino, L Yáñez-Estrada, B. I. Juárez-Flores
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: South African Journal of Animal Science. 46:360
ISSN: 2221-4062
0375-1589
DOI: 10.4314/sajas.v46i4.3
Popis: Twenty-one non-castrated male Rambouillet lambs (21±1.44 kg body weight) were used to evaluate the effects of increasing dietary levels of Prosopis laevigata pods (PLP) in a 72 d growth performance trial. Three dietary treatments defined as PLP0 (control, 0 g PLP/kg DM), PLP250 (250 g PLP/kg DM), and PLP500 (500 g PLP/kg DM) were evaluated. Animals fed PLP250 and PLP500 had higher daily weight gain (P
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