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Growth performance and meat characteristics of hair lambs grazing stargrass pasture without supplementation or supplemented with concentrate containing different levels of crude protein
Authors:A Gomez-Vazquez  E de la Cruz-Lazaro  I Guerrero-Lagarreta  A Plascencia-Jorquera  B M Joaquin-Torres
Institution:1. División Académica de Ciencias Agropecuarias , Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco , Tabasco, México;2. Departamento de Biotecnología, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana , Iztapalapa, DF, México;3. Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California , Mexicali, México;4. Departamento de Zootecnia , Universidad del Papaloapan , Loma Bonita, Oaxaca, México
Abstract:Abstract

Forty crossbreed hair lambs (19.1 kg body weight; 8 months of age) grazing on a Cynodon plestoctachyus pasture without supplementation or supplemented with 300 g of concentrate containing different levels of crude protein (CP) were randomly assigned to treatments defined as follows: control (without supplementation); CP130 (concentrate 130 g CP/kg), CP150 (concentrate 150 g/kg), CP170 (concentrate 170 g/kg), and CP190 (concentrate 190 g CP/kg). Lambs fed supplements had higher final body weight (BW), total gain, average daily gain (ADG), total dry matter intake (DMI), total tract digestion, and carcass dressing than lambs in control treatment. Final BW, total gain, ADG, total DMI, feed conversion, and total tract digestion were improved linearly as protein level in concentrate increased. Meat of lambs fed supplements was lighter, redder, and less yellow than meat of lambs in control treatment. It is concluded that supplementation improved ADG, feed conversion, carcass dressing, and meat color.
Keywords:Hair lambs  protein level  stargrass  supplementation
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