Effect of Feeding Dietary Treated Wheat Straw with Urea and Whey on Fattening Lambs Performance

Subject Areas : Camel

O. Dayani ¹ , R. Tahmasb ² , A. Khezri ³ , A.R. Sabetpay ⁴

1 - Department of Animal Science, College of Agriculture, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran
2 - Department of Animal Science, College of Agriculture, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran
3 - Department of Animal Science, College of Agriculture, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran
4 - IranResearch Centre, Jahad Keshavarzi Centre of Kerman, Kerman, Iran

Received: 2010-10-26 Accepted : 2010-11-17 Published : 2011-12-01

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