Determination of maintenance energy requirement and responses of dry ewes to dietary inclusion of lucerne versus concentrate meal
An accurate value for metabolizable energy (ME) requirement for maintenance (MEm) is essential to enable sheep husbandry practice to reach its potential. The objectives of the study were to use calorimetry chamber data of dry ewes (Hu × thin-tail Han F1 crossbred) to develop updated MEm, examine eff...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021-05-01
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| Series: | Animal |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731121000422 |