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Effect of extended photoperiod on appetite, growth and reproductive endocrinology in red deer stag calves
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 November 2017
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Deer experience a period of reduced appetite and growth in winter which has a major impact on venison supply. Photoperiod manipulation has been shown to modify this. The objective of this experiment was to investigate the effect of extended photoperiod and the modifying effect of dietary energy supply in red deer stag calves
Forty red deer stag calves born in May/June 1992 were weaned in mid-September and put indoors on a grass silage-based ration. On 30 September the stag calves were weighed and randomised to four treatments groups on the basis of liveweight.
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- Deer, Camels & Camp Anion Animals
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