Effects of Low Plane of Nutrition on the Development of Lean Muscle, Bone and Fat in the West African Dwarf Goats of Nigeria
Thirty West African Dwarf goat kids were raised on low plane of nutrition from 5 days old to 52 weeks of age. They were serially slaughtered at 2, 8, 12, 24 and 52 weeks old to study changes in liveweight and the development of lean muscle, bone and fat. Lean muscle and fat expressed as the percenta...
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| Language: | English |
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Presses Agronomiques de Gembloux
1997-01-01
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| Series: | Tropicultura |
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| Online Access: | http://www.tropicultura.org/text/v15n1/3.pdf |