Multivariate analysis of productive and nutritional traits and feeding behavior of sheep fed roughage-free diets

ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to evaluate productive traits in sheep fed roughage-free diets by multivariate analysis. Forty lambs were used in this study: 20 Santa Inês animals, consisting of 10 uncastrated males and 10 females; and 20 crossbreds (½ Santa Inês × Dorper), consisting of 10...

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Main Authors: Elizângela Oliveira Cardoso-Santana, Hermógenes Almeida de Santana Júnior, Eva Clícia de Jesus Almeida, Tiago Brandão Freitas, Cibelle Borges Figueiredo, Carlos Tadeu dos Santos Dias, Paulo Luiz Souza Carneiro, Carlos Henrique Mendes Malhado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia 2018-11-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982018000100608&lng=en&tlng=en