The Effect of Replacing Barley Grain with Powerfeed® in Finishing Diets on the Performance, Serum Sodium and Potassium Concentration, and the Urine pH of Chall Lambs

Subject Areas : Camel

A. Pirzadeh Naeiny ¹ , A.A. Khadem ² , M. Rezaeian ³ , A. Afzalzadeh ⁴ , M.A. Norouzian ⁵

1 - Department of Animal Science, College of Abouraihan, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
2 - Department of Animal Science, College of Abouraihan, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
3 - Department of Animal Health and Nutrition, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
4 - Department of Animal Science, College of Abouraihan, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
5 - Department of Animal Science, College of Abouraihan, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2012-02-26 Accepted : 2012-05-01 Published : 2013-06-01

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