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Effect of feeding dried beet pulp on growth rate of Awassi sheep

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

I. I. Al-Azzawi ,
K. E. Ghoneim ,
H. El-Haidary  and
N. T. Kazzal
I. I. Al-Azzawi
Affiliation:
Faculty of Agriculture, Mosul University, Iraq
K. E. Ghoneim
Affiliation:
Faculty of Agriculture, Mosul University, Iraq
H. El-Haidary
Affiliation:
Faculty of Agriculture, Mosul University, Iraq
N. T. Kazzal
Affiliation:
Faculty of Agriculture, Mosul University, Iraq
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Summary

Groups of Awassi lambs, aged 7–13 months at start of the trial, were fed for 100 days on four different rations. A ‘control’ ration contained ground barley: the others contained different proportions of dried sugar-beet pulp, and no barley.

Male lambs were initially heavier, and gave better weight gains than the females. Groups on beet pulp grew better than the ‘control’. The most economical weight gains were obtained in the group in which beet pulp constituted 40 % of the ‘concentrate’ portion of the diet.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 70 , Issue 2 , April 1968 , pp. 109 - 110
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1968

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