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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Main Authors: T. Manso, R. Bodas, C. Vieira, A.R. Mantecón, T. Castro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2011-01-01
Series:Animal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731111000632