Suplementación postdestete de corderas Pelibuey x Blackbelly en pastoreo en el trópico húmedo
- Cadenas, J. A.
- Oliva Ortiz, José
- Hinojosa Cuéllar, José Alfonso
- Torres Hernández, Glafiro
ISSN: 0004-0592, 1885-4494
Year of publication: 2010
Volume: 59
Issue: 226
Pages: 303-306
Type: Article
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Abstract
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of supplemental feed on postweaning performance of Pelibuey x Blackbelly ewe lambs managed under grazing conditions. Twenty eight Pelibuey x Blackbelly female lambs were assigned to one of two treatments: 1) low feed supple-mentation: 0.18 Mcal of metabolizable energy (EM) lamb-1d-1 and 10.5 g of crude protein (PB) lamb-1d-1 and 2) medium feed supplementation: 0.54 Mcal of EM and 31.6 g of PB lamb-1d-1, offered during 70 days. The supplement feed did not affect (p>0.05) body weight and average daily body weight gain (GDP). It is concluded that in grazing Pelibuey x Blackbelly ewe lambs the medium feed supplementation did not improve the daily body weight gain with respect to a low feed supplementation.