Alternative feeds in diets for sheep: A review

At present, cost is one of the most limiting factors to supplementation or confinement of sheep in Brazil. Therefore, there exists a need to use alternative feeds, with the objective of minimizing production costs and maximizing meat production. Given that reality, numerous agricultural-industrial residues present favorable nutritional characteristics for use in animal feeding, with the additional socioeconomic and environmental benefits of non-polluting disposal of thousands of tons of these residues.

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Main Authors: Parente, Henrique Nunes, Zanine, Anderson de Moura, Machado, Théa Mirian Medeiros, Carvalho, Fabianno Cavalcante
Format: Digital revista
Language:spa
Published: Asociacion Latinoamericana de Produccion Animal 2010
Online Access:https://ojs.alpa.uy/index.php/ojs_files/article/view/538
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