Use of castor meal (Ricinus communis L.) as a source of dietary protein in goats during the mating period: impact on reproductive and metabolic responses

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of the total substitution of soybean meal with castor meal, detoxified or non-detoxified, on the response to estrous synchronization, conception rate, early fetal development, presence of IgG, and metabolic-hormonal response. Sixty mixed goats...

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Main Authors: Liliane Moreira Silva, Cláudio Henrique de Almeida Oliveira, Cleidson Manoel Gomes da Silva, Aline Maia Silva, César Carneiro Linhares Fernandes, Roselayne Ferro Furtado, Diana Célia Sousa Nunes-Pinheiro, Maria Izabel Florindo Guedes, Davide Rondina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Londrina 2015-02-01
Series:Semina: Ciências Agrárias
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Online Access:http://www.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/semagrarias/editor/submission/15282