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Torreão,Jacira Neves da Costa; Rocha,Arturene Marques; Marques,Carlo Aldrovandi Torreão; Bezerra,Leilson Rocha; Gottardi,Fernanda Patrícia; Araújo,Marcos Jácome de; Souza Júnior,Edmilson Lúcio de; Oliveira,Ronaldo Lopes. |
The objective of this study was to determine how concentrate supplementation during late third gestation and lactation affects ewe and offspring performance from birth to weaning. Thirty-six ewes and their offspring (n = 32) were used. Eighteen Morada Nova and 18 Santa Inês ewes were artificially inseminated with semen from Dorper ram and distributed in a completely randomized factorial arrangement (2 × 2) consisting of two supplementation levels (5 and 15 g kg-1 of BW) and two breeds (Morada Nova and Santa Inês) or two crosses (Dorper × Morada Nova and Dorper × Santa Inês). The ewes were weighed, their body condition was evaluated during pregnancy, and the weaning weight of the lambs at up to 70 days old was measured. There was no effect of breed or... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Crossbreeding; Feed evaluation; Performance. |
Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982014001000544 |