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The effects of restricting concentrate intake on january born lambs at grass

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

T. Coll ,
P. J. Quinn  and
T.F. Crosby
T. Coll
Affiliation:
University College Dublin, Lyons Research Farm, Newcastle, Co Dublin, Ireland
P. J. Quinn
Affiliation:
University College Dublin, Lyons Research Farm, Newcastle, Co Dublin, Ireland
T.F. Crosby
Affiliation:
University College Dublin, Lyons Research Farm, Newcastle, Co Dublin, Ireland
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In an early lamb production system feed costs and age at slaughter are big factors in determining profit. Farmers are being forced to become more efficient producers as costs of production continue to rise and farm product prices fail to keep pace with inflation. The aim of this experiment was to evaluate the performance of lambs fed concentrates ad-libitum to those fed to a maximum restricted level of 0·5 kg/hd/day.

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Sheep Nutrition
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 1995 , March 1995 , pp. 72
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 1995

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