Effects of organic chromium supplementation to finishing lambs diet on growth performance, carcass characteristics and meat quality

The objective of this study was to evaluate supplemental organic chromium (Cr) to finishing lambs on growth performance, carcass characteristics, and meat quality. Eighteen Suffolk lambs (age (4.5±0.2) mon; (25.8±3.6) kg body weight (BW)) were randomly assigned to three levels of supplemental organi...

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Main Authors: Laura Moreno-Camarena, Ignacio Domínguez-Vara, José Bórquez-Gastelum, Juan Sánchez-Torres, Juan Pinos-Rodríguez, Antonia Mariezcurrena-Berasain, Ernesto Morales-Almaráz, Abdelfattah Z M Salem
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-03-01
Series:Journal of Integrative Agriculture
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095311914608352