Carcass characteristics and body components of Santa Inês lambs in feedlot fed on different levels of forage cactus meal

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of the replacement of a ground corn diet by a forage cactus meal diet on the carcass characteristics and body components of Santa Inês lambs finished in feedlot. This study was carried out at Estação Experimental de Pendência, belonging to Empre...

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Main Authors: José Rômulo Soares dos Santos, Marcílio Fontes Cezar, Wandrick Hauss de Sousa, Maria das Graças Gomes Cunha, José Morais Pereira Filho, Dannylo Oliveira de Sousa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia 2011-10-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982011001000030