Deposition of copper, iron, manganese and zinc in the empty body of growing lambs of the breed German Merino Landsheep

A growth experiment with 108 lambs (breed: German Merino Landsheep) was carried out to examine the effect of gender, body weight (BW) and feeding intensity on the deposition of Fe, Zn, Cu and Mn in the empty body (whole animal minus contents of the gastrointestinal tract and bladder). The lambs (50%...

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Main Authors: G. Bellof, J. Pallauf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2007-01-01
Series:Animal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731107000055