A Study on the Fattening Performance of Tushin Lambs Subjected to Intensive Feeding

Authors : Mevlüt KARAOĞLU, Muhlis MACİT, Ayhan AKSOY

Pages : 255-260

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Publication Date : 0000-00-00

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Some characteristics related with the fattening performance of Tushin lambs reared in the Research and Application Farm of Ataturk University and subjected to intensive fattening were determined. The inital fattening weight, final fattening weight, and total and daily weight gain during the fattening period were 19.71 kg, 38.07 kg, 18.35 kg and 203.48 g respectively. The feed conversion ratio insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(kg feed consumed/kg live weight gain); was 5.01. The effect of year on final fattening weight, total weight gain and average daily weight gain was found to be significant insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p
Keywords : Intensive Feeding, Tushin, Lamb, Fattening Performance