Undernutrition in sheep. The effect of supplementation with protein on protein accretion

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

E-ISSN: 1475-2662|52|3|561-574

ISSN: 0007-1145

Source: British Journal of Nutrition, Vol.52, Iss.3, 1984-11, pp. : 561-574

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Abstract

1. In a comparative-slaughter experiment, individually rationed wether lambs initially of 42 kg were given 235, 362 or 456 kJ metabolizable energy (ME)/kg live weight (LW)0.75 per d as sodium hydroxide-treated barley straw with urea (six lambs per treatment), or NaOH-treated barley straw with urea plus 125 g/d white-fish meal to give 307 or 488 kJ ME/kg LW0.75 per d (seven lambs per treatment) for 92 d.