Ability to fatten Tunisian lambs in Sheepfold
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M. HAMMAMI, E. SELMI, S. AYED, H. SELMI, T. LARBI, H. ROUISSI
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Published in Vol. 8 No. 2 (2020) of Moroccan Journal of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences.
Multidisciplinary journal that publishes original research articles and literature reviews in the fields of agriculture, agronomy, rural engineering, topography, forestry, horticulture, food, nutrition, animal husbandry and veterinary science (online-ISSN: 2550-4401, print-ISSN: 2028-991X). Indexed by DOAJ, Google Scholar, Articles DOAJ, Mirabelle, ROAD, WorldCat
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Abstract
The ability to fatten lambs of Tunisian breeds according to the diets available is an important or even a compulsory demand of our breeders today in order to find a synergy between the cost of production of one kg of meat and the price of sale. For this, we carried out a performance test of lambs of different breeds in sheepfolds and receiving a classic food ration based on oat hay and feed concentrate in the educational farm of the Higher School of Agriculture of Mateur. The obtained results were within the standards taking into account the ration and the age of the lambs. The average dry matter intake of oat hay was 551 g / day / lamb, the average consumption index was 6.34 Kg DM / Kg of weight gain, the live weight of lambs increased weekly to reach a final weight of 18.2 kg.
Keywords: Fattening, sheep breed, Tunisia, Consumption index
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