The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of substituting urea and rice bran with mulberry or a mixture of mulberry and Leucaena in the diet on growth rate, feed intake, nutrient digestibility, nitrogen balance, rumen fermentation, estimated…
The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of Lactobacillus farciminis on growth traits and antioxidant status in preweaning and postweaning Tuj lambs. Twenty lambs were divided into four groups, regardless of gender, with a mean live weight…
This study was conducted to investigate the effects of melatonin implantation during the slow period of cashmere growth on fibre production in Inner Mongolian cashmere goats. It was found that melatonin implantation had no effect on the growth rate of…
The aim of this study was to determine the effect of Bio-Mos® (Alltech Inc.), with or without the addition of a soluble mannan (MRF) (Alltech Inc.) on gastrointestinal health and performance of broiler chickens. A trial was conducted using seven…
The effect of diet protein and energy levels on the growth performance and feather production of slaughter ostriches under feedlot conditions. Lucerne , maize and ostrich carcass meal were used to formulate nine diets supplying three protein levels (14,…
A group of slow-growing Landrace and a group of fast-growing Large White boars were used to study their patterns of feed intake, growth rate and feed utilization. The pigs were fed ad libitum on a high-energy diet of a high…
A group of 82 genetically lean and 90 obese Landrace pigs was allotted to three dietary treatments with lysine concentrations of 1,22 (T1), 1,02 (T2) and 0,83% (T3), corresponding concentrations of crude protein (CP) of 19,7, 16,8 and 13,7% and…
This study was undertaken to investigate the growth performance of calves born to dams with different calving dates and calving intervals. Early calving dams produced calves with the lowest birth weights, the highest actual weaning weights and the highest pre-breeding…
Effects of intratesticularly administered zinc tannate (ZT) on growth performance, sexual development, slaughter, carcass and meat quality characteristics of young bull calves (-225 kg, 7 months old) were investigated. Comparisons were made across a three (treatments: ZT animals, intact bulls…
The growth performance of 18 Holstein and 20 Jersey heifer calves fed calf starter meals containing either cottonseed oil-cake meal (CSOCM) or soybean oil-cake meal (SBOCM) was compared. The diets were iso-nutritious in terms of crude protein and energy, and…
Growth-related parameters, such as feed intake, growth rate and feed efficiency were investigated in ewe lambs of two genetically related synthetic lines and the Dorper. Ten ewe lambs in each of the three groups were individually fed in metabolism cages…
The data used for this study were collected on 16 644 kids born between 2000 and 2004 in 12 different Angora goat studs representing different management systems. Body weight and growth rate of kids from birth to 16 months of…
This study was carried out to examine the effect of short-term selection for 5-weeks of age body weight in divergent lines of Japanese quail. Growth curves for both sexes within each selection group resembled the general sigmoid shape of a…
