Effect of frame size on performance and carcass traits of Santa Inês lambs finished in a feedlot

The objective of this study was to evaluate the performance, qualitative, morphometric and quantitative carcass traits of Santa Inês lambs of different frame sizes finished in a feedlot. Twenty 120-day-old intact lambs with a 25.0±3.1 kg average body weight at the beginning of the experiment were us...

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Main Authors: Edmilson Lúcio de Souza Júnior, Wandrick Hauss de Sousa, Edgard Cavalcanti Pimenta Filho, Severino Gonzaga Neto, Felipe Queiroga Cartaxo, Marcílio Fontes Cezar, Maria das Graças Gomes Cunha, José Morais Pereira Filho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia 2013-04-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982013000400008