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The development of the digestive system of the young; animal. VII. The total and partial apparent digestibility of a pelletted diet by lambs and adult sheep

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

D. M. Walker
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Husbandry, University of Sydney, Australia
M. K. Campbell
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Husbandry, University of Sydney, Australia

Extract

1. Fifteen male Merino lambs suckling the ewe and four adult Merino wethers were fed the same pelletted diet. The lambs had free access to milk from the ewe and were creep-fed the pelletted diet. Feed intake by each lamb was measured daily.

2. The digestibility of the dry matter of the pelletted diet was determined in a conventional total collection trial with the adult wethers. Dry-matter and crude-protein digestibility "was determined in the lambs on faeces taken at, or just before, slaughter by the lignin-ratio method.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1965

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