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T1 Conventional feed-grade or slow-release coated urea as sources of dietary nitrogen for fattening lambs
A1 Saro, Cristina
A1 Degeneffe, Miguel Alonso
A1 Andrés, Sonia
A1 Mateo, Javier
A1 Caro Canales, Irma
A1 López Ferreras, Lorena
A1 Horst, Egon Henrique
A1 López, Secundino
A1 Giráldez, Francisco Javier
K1 Lambs
K1 Corderos - Cría y explotación
K1 Ganado lanar - Cría y explotación
K1 Sheep - Breeding
K1 Ovejas - Alimentación
K1 Urea
K1 Feed efficiency
K1 Nutrition
K1 Animal nutrition
K1 Fermentation
K1 Fermentación
K1 Animals - Food
K1 Alimentos para animales
K1 Meat
K1 Carne
K1 Veterinary medicine
K1 3104.07 Ovinos
K1 3109.06 Nutrición
K1 3109 Ciencias Veterinarias
K1 3309 Tecnología de Los Alimentos
AB Simple Summary: Reducing the environmental impact and the use of plant foods in animal feeding are current challenges of ruminant production systems. The use of non-protein nitrogen, especially urea, allows reducing the use of protein supplements of vegetable origin, which contributes to reducing both the competition for nutritional resources between humans and other animal species and the water and carbon footprints. This article provides new knowledge, comparing feed-grade conventional urea and slow-release urea under the conditions of intensive fattening of lambs, characterized by use of compound feed with a high content of starch-rich feeds. Our results suggest that replacing conventional feed-grade urea with slow-release urea in the diet of Assaf fattening lambs does not improve the feed efficiency, metabolic profile, or carcass or meat characteristics, and increases the feeding costs.
PB MDPI
SN 2076-2615
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/67914
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/67914
LA eng
NO Animals, 2023, Vol. 13, Nº. 22, 3465
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 07-ago-2024