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A comparative study of dry matter intake and digestive pool variations in Manchega and Lacaune dairy sheep

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

E. Molina ,
A. Ferret ,
G. Caja ,
S. Calsamiglia  and
J. Gasa
E. Molina
Affiliation:
Departament de Patologia i de Producció Animals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain
A. Ferret
Affiliation:
Departament de Patologia i de Producció Animals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain
G. Caja
Affiliation:
Departament de Patologia i de Producció Animals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain
S. Calsamiglia
Affiliation:
Departament de Patologia i de Producció Animals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain
J. Gasa
Affiliation:
Departament de Patologia i de Producció Animals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain
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Manchega (MN) and Lacaune (LC) are two semi-coarse-wooled dairy breeds with similar size but different milk yield, the latter producing twice as much milk as the former (Pérez, 1997). The aim of this experiment was to compare, under the same feed conditions, dry matter intake and performance in late pregnancy and lactation and digestive pools of these two breeds.

Twenty-four ewes, 12 per breed, were used in three different periods: late pregnancy (8 weeks), rearing (5 weeks) and milking (7 weeks). At lambing, average body weight was 74.4 vs 78.5 kg, for LC and MN, respectively. Dry matter intake (DMI), apparent dry matter digestibility (DMD), body condition score (BCS) and milk yield (MY) standardized according to Bocquier et al. (1993) were recorded.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 1999 , 1999 , pp. 98
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 1999

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