Evaluation of silage diets offered to reindeer calves intended for slaughter. I. Feeding of silage and barley from September to March
An experiment involving 75 male reindeer calves (mean initial live weight 39.6 kg, SD=3.7) intended for slaughter was undertaken to study the effect of proporrion of barley to silage in the diets on animal performance. The calves were alloted to five groups including one group slaughtered at the sta...
Main Authors: | Anna Nilsson, Ingemar Olsson, Per Lingvall |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Septentrio Academic Publishing
1996-01-01
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Series: | Rangifer |
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Online Access: | https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/1206 |
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