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A note on change in body condition in Rasa Aragonesa ewes given ammonia-treated barley straw after weaning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

A. Purroy ,
C. Jaime ,
F. Muñoz  and
T. T. Treacher
A. Purroy
Affiliation:
Unidad de Tecnología en Producción Animal (SIA-DGA), Apartado 727,50080 Zaragoza, Spain
C. Jaime
Affiliation:
Unidad de Tecnología en Producción Animal (SIA-DGA), Apartado 727,50080 Zaragoza, Spain
F. Muñoz
Affiliation:
Unidad de Tecnología en Producción Animal (SIA-DGA), Apartado 727,50080 Zaragoza, Spain
T. T. Treacher
Affiliation:
Unidad de Tecnología en Producción Animal (SIA-DGA), Apartado 727,50080 Zaragoza, Spain
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Abstract

The effect of level of barley feeding (200, 400 or 600 g fresh matter per ewe per day) on the change in body condition, between weaning and mating, of ewes offered barley straw treated with ammonia was examined in experiment 1. In experiment 2, a 2 × 2 factorial design was used with two levels of restriction of metabolizable energy in lactation (proportionately 0·85 and 0·70 of the requirements) followed by two levels of feeding of barley (250 or 500 g) in the main experimental period. In experiment 1 the intake of straw was significantly lower when 600 glday was offered, and ewes given 200 g/day barky had significantly lower gain in live weight and body condition score. In experiment 2 the level of energy intake in lactation did not affect the intakes of straw, but the current level of barley feeding did.

Keywords

body conditionewesfood intakeweaning
Type
Research Article
Information
Animal Production , Volume 56 , Issue 3 , June 1993 , pp. 409 - 412
Copyright
Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1993

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