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A note on the performance of Assaf male lambs reared intensively on an all-concentrate diet with herring meal or toasted soya bean meal as the main protein source

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

Y. Folman  and
E. Eyal
Y. Folman
Affiliation:
Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel
E. Eyal
Affiliation:
Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel
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Abstract

Thirty-five Assaf intact male lambs were divided into three groups and offered an all-concentrate pelleted diet based on barley and maize and supplemented with either toasted soya bean meal, herring meal or toasted soya bean meal plus methionine to contain 20% crude protein. The live-weight gains to a slaughter weight of 57 kg were 425, 440 and 394 g/day, and the feed conversion ratios were 3·12, 3·07 and 3·38 kg dry matter/kg gain, respectively. It is concluded that, with toasted soya bean meal as the protein supplement, it is possible to obtain high growth rates that do not diifer significantly from those obtained with herring meal.

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Research Article
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Animal Production , Volume 26 , Issue 3 , June 1978 , pp. 331 - 334
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1978

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