Nutritional requirements of sheep, goats and cattle in warm climates: a meta-analysis

Autor: N. Salah, D. Sauvant, H. Archimède
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Animal, Vol 8, Iss 9, Pp 1439-1447 (2014)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1751-7311
17517311
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731114001153
Popis: The objective of the study was to update energy and protein requirements of growing sheep, goats and cattle in warm areas through a meta-analysis study of 590 publications. Requirements were expressed on metabolic live weight (MLW=LW0.75) and LW1 basis. The maintenance requirements for energy were 542.64 and 631.26 kJ ME/kg LW0.75 for small ruminants and cattle, respectively, and the difference was significant (P
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