PERFORMANCE OF LAMBS FED RATIONS SUPPLEMENTED WITH THYME ESSENTIAL OIL

Growth Performance of Lambs Fed Diet Supplemented with Rice Bran Oil as Such or as Calcium Soap

Forty two Malpura lambs (21 d old) were divided into three groups of 14 each consisting of 8 females and 6 males. Lambs were allowed to suckle their respective dams twice daily up to weaning (13 wks) and offered free choice concentrate and roughage in a cafeteria system. The lambs in control group were fed conventional concentrate mixture, in RBO group concentrate mixture fortified with 4% indu...

Detailed Dimethylacetal and Fatty Acid Composition of Rumen Content from Lambs Fed Lucerne or Concentrate Supplemented with Soybean Oil

Lipid metabolism in the rumen is responsible for the complex fatty acid profile of rumen outflow compared with the dietary fatty acid composition, contributing to the lipid profile of ruminant products. A method for the detailed dimethylacetal and fatty acid analysis of rumen contents was developed and applied to rumen content collected from lambs fed lucerne or concentrate based diets suppleme...

Morphological changes associated with the development of the rumino-reticulum in growing lambs fed different rations.

Morphological changes associated with rumino-reticular development was compared in two groups of SA Mutton Merino lambs (n = 12) fed different diets at 3-5 weeks, 17-19 weeks and 31-33 weeks of age. Diet groups were identified as MMH or MHH according to the sequence at which the full-milk replacement (M) or hay (H) diet were fed to the lambs over the three study phases (phases I, II and III) pr...

Suckling Lambs Meat Quality Influenced by Oil-supplemented Ewe Diet

C. Vieira, T. Manso, R. Bodas, M.T. Díaz, T. Castro, A.R. Mantecon Consejería de Agricultura y Ganadería de Castilla y León. Instituto Tecnológico Agrario. Estación Tecnológica de la Carne. 37770 Guijuelo, Salamanca, Spain ETS Ingenierías Agrarias, Universidad de Valladolid, Avd. Madrid s/n, 34004, Palencia, Spain Instituto de Ganadería de Montaña (CSIC-ULE), 24346 Grulleros, León, Spain 4 Dpto...

Reesponse of laying hens fed on different dietary sulphur amino acid supplemented with maize oil