Updating maintenance energy requirement for the current sheep flocks and the associated effect of nutritional and animal factors

Updating maintenance energy requirement for the current sheep flocks and the associated effect of nutritional and animal factors

There is evidence indicating that using the current UK energy feeding system to ration the present sheep flocks may underestimate their nutrient requirements. The objective of the present study was to address this issue by developing updated maintenance energy requirements for the current sheep floc...

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Main Authors: C.T. Yang, C.M. Wang, Y.G. Zhao, T.B. Chen, A. Aubry, A.W. Gordon, T. Yan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-01-01
Series:Animal
Subjects:
calorimeter data
linear regression
metabolizable energy
net energy
comparison
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731119002064

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