Use of mash or pelleted diets for sheep in confinement

Authors

  • Antonio Campanha Martinez
  • Max Emerson Rickli
  • Cassiana Ometto de Abreu
  • Roberta Mara Züge

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Keywords:

lamb, nutrition, total mixed diet

Abstract

The objective was to evaluate the influence of different physical forms of diets, pelleted or mash, in the weight gain of lambs in confinement. Were used for this, 23 lambs, aged 62 to 85 days. The diets used were identical in their composition, being in different physical forms. Was measured weekly weight gain in a period of 6 weeks. The treatment caused significant effect on weight gain (p <0.05) and favorable to the animals in the group treated with pelleted diet in weeks 2, 3 and 5 after initiation of treatment, there were differences in weight gain cumulative total in the period. In other weeks, no significant differences for weight gain. It is concluded that the use of feed pellets for feeding sheep in confinement promotes greater live weight gain.

Published

2015-09-11

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Section

Produção animal

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