Fattening mature indigenous (Matabele) goats: effects on animal performance, body and carcass composition
Complete cereal-based diets, containing either 50, 33, 22, or 10 veld hay (9. 7, 10.3, 11.6, and 12.1 MJ ME/kg DM, respectively) were fed to 40 wethers, to achieve a target body mass gain of 10 kg by 230 days. Ten animals were slaughtered at the start of the experiment to determine initial carcass m...
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| Format: | Conference Paper |
| Language: | Inglés |
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1992
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/70829 |
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