Carcasses of Churro Galego Bragançano purebred and Suffolk and Merino Precoce crossbred lambs reared under three different conventional production system of northeast of Portugal were evaluated. Carcasses of male lambs had larger muscle longissimus width (P < 0.05) and smaller subcutaneous fat thickness (P < 0.05) than the female lambs. Carcasses of crossbred lambs had higher (P < 0.05) compact...

The Effects of using Acid-Consuming Bacteria and Different Buffers with High Concentration Diets on In Vitro Digestion Fermentation Activity Anaerobic Fungi Fattening Lambs Rumen

This experiment investigated the effect of feeding different levels of sesame oil cake on the intake and digestibility of DM, CP, crude fiber, and crude fat in Awassi fattening lambs. Sesame oil cake was incorporated into lamhs’ rafions at levels of 10 and 20% to replace similar percentages of barley and soybean. The results showed that the high level of sesame oil cake inclusion decreased DM a...

This study examined the reticulo-rumen characteristics of the microbial community and its fermentative characteristics in milk-fed, at weaning and finished lambs in a conventional fattening system. Five lambs were assigned to each of three groups: milk-fed lambs slaughtered at 30 days (T30), weaned lambs slaughtered at 45 days (T45) and 'finished lambs' slaughtered at 90 days (T90). At slaughte...

this research was conducted to study the performance of barley green fodder (bgf) yield in hydroponic system fed to fattening lambs. in a 16 week experiment, barley grain was grown in hydroponic system, during 5 and 7 days growing periods and the green fodder was included in the diet of fattening lambs, within two different feeding trials. the first trial was aimed to compare the bgf with barle...

Twenty-four Merino lambs (mean BW 15.4 ± 0.13 kg, 6 to 7 wk old) were used to study the effects of the addition of 0 (control), 100 (V10), and 200 (V20) g of vinasse per kilgram of concentrate on intake, animal performance, biochemical blood profile, and carcass and meat characteristics. Lambs were assigned to 1 of 3 experimental diets and fed barley straw and the corresponding concentrate ad l...

Forty-four merino lambs (6 to 8 wk old; BW 15.6 ± 0.21 kg) were used to study the effect of adding different proportions of sunflower soap stock (SS) to pelleted total mixed ration (TMR) for fattening lambs on feed intake, animal growth and dressing percentage, ruminal fluid characteristics, and blood acid-base parameters. Lambs were assigned to 1 of 4 experimental groups (11 lambs per group), ...

This study aimed to evaluate the effects of ground or steam-flaked corn and zinc-enriched yeast addition grower pellet feed on fattening performance, rumen papillae development, some blood parameters in lambs. For this purpose, thirty-six Kivircik male lambs were selected divided equally into six groups: basal diet containing without different form (control), 80% + 20% (PGC), (PFC), PGC Zn-enri...

this study was conducted to evaluate the effect of feeding treated wheat straw with urea and whey on fattening lambs performance. about 4.5 kg urea and 1.5 kg salt were dissolved in 40 l water and mixed with 30 l of whey. the solution was spread over 100 kg chopped wheat straw. thirty two male lambs were randomly divided into four feeding groups to compare performance with diets based on barley...