Thirty six Apennine (AP) and Italian merino (IM) breed lambs were subjected to a short finishing post-weaning period, in order to evaluate the possibility to obtain light lambs in intensive farming system, using a common hay and concentrates with different protein source: defatted soybean meal (SBM) and field bean flaked (FFB), for the need to find alternative sources to the soybean. The results showed differences of performance both, as expected, between animals of different breeds (dressing pct: 55.56% vs. 52.39 % in AP and IM respectively), and between diets, with less performance of lambs fed with soybean, both in dressing percentage (55.49% vs. 52.46 % in FFB and SBM) and in carcass characteristics.
Different protein source (soybean or faba bean) in postweaning diets for Apennine or Sopravissana (Italian merino) lamb: slaughtering performance.
MORBIDINI, Luciano;ROSSETTI E;PAUSELLI, Mariano
2005
Abstract
Thirty six Apennine (AP) and Italian merino (IM) breed lambs were subjected to a short finishing post-weaning period, in order to evaluate the possibility to obtain light lambs in intensive farming system, using a common hay and concentrates with different protein source: defatted soybean meal (SBM) and field bean flaked (FFB), for the need to find alternative sources to the soybean. The results showed differences of performance both, as expected, between animals of different breeds (dressing pct: 55.56% vs. 52.39 % in AP and IM respectively), and between diets, with less performance of lambs fed with soybean, both in dressing percentage (55.49% vs. 52.46 % in FFB and SBM) and in carcass characteristics.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
