Feeding vegetable oils to lactating ewes modifies the fatty acid profile of suckling lambs
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of vegetable oil supplementation of ewe diets on the performance and fatty acid (FA) composition of their suckling lambs. Forty-eight pregnant Churra ewes (mean BW 64.3 ± 0.92 kg) with their 72 newborn lambs (prolificacy = 1.5) were assigned to...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2011-01-01
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Series: | Animal |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731111000632 |