Impact of dietary inclusion of clinoptilolite as substitute of soybean meal on growth performance, dietary energetics and carcass traits of feedlot ewes fed a corn-based diet

Impact of dietary inclusion of clinoptilolite as substitute of soybean meal on growth performance, dietary energetics and carcass traits of feedlot ewes fed a corn-based diet

ABSTRACT: Forty ewes (31.725±1.44 kg initial LW) were used to evaluate the effects of clinoptilolite (ZEOL) supplementation (0, 1, 2, and 3%, DM basis of diet) as substitute of soybean meal (SBM) in a finishing corn-based diet on growth performance, dietary energetics, and carcass traits. The experi...

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Main Authors: Estrada-Angulo,Alfredo, Urías-Estrada,Jesús D., Castro-Pérez,Beatriz I., Contreras-Pérez,Germán, Angulo-Montoya,Claudio, Barreras,Alberto, López-Soto,María A., Olivas-Valdez,José A., Plascencia,Alejandro
Language:English
Published: Universidad Austral de Chile. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias 2017
Subjects:
clay
lambs
efficiency
visceral
finishing
Online Access:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0719-81322017000200123
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