Two farming systems, extensive with pasture use (P) and intensive (S), with hay and concentrate, were evaluated for their effect in fattening 26 Apennine male lambs weaned at 41-54 days of age and slaughtered at about 30 kg of live weight. P lambs showed lower average daily gain: (132 vs 209 g/d), lower hay and concentrate daily intake, but higher carcass yield (50.1% vs 45.6%) compared to S lambs. The use of pasture for fattening Apennine lambs in mediterranean areas seemed to be useful for producing carcass of moderate quality at lower costs.
Fattening of Apennine heavy lamb in Central Italy using pasture.
MORBIDINI, Luciano;ROSSETTI E.
2009
Abstract
Two farming systems, extensive with pasture use (P) and intensive (S), with hay and concentrate, were evaluated for their effect in fattening 26 Apennine male lambs weaned at 41-54 days of age and slaughtered at about 30 kg of live weight. P lambs showed lower average daily gain: (132 vs 209 g/d), lower hay and concentrate daily intake, but higher carcass yield (50.1% vs 45.6%) compared to S lambs. The use of pasture for fattening Apennine lambs in mediterranean areas seemed to be useful for producing carcass of moderate quality at lower costs.File in questo prodotto:
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