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J. Anim Sci. 1984. 58:560-576.
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Effects of Breed and Intake Level on Growth and Feed Efficiency in Ram Lambs

D. R. Notter1,2,, C. L. Ferrell1 and R. A. Field3

US Department of Agriculture, Clay Center, NE 68933 and and University of Wyoming, Laramie 82070

Abstract

Effects of breed and intake level on growth and feed efficiency in ram lambs were tested with 52 Rambouillet, 46 Dorset and 53 Finnish Landrace (Finn) rams. Rams were individually fed at 100, 85 or 70% of ad libitum or at maintenance. The experimental diet contained 79% digestible dry matter (DM), 3.28% N and 2.95 Meal metabolizable energy/kg DM. Rams were serially slaughtered every 35 d for 175 d. The efficiency of deposition of body weight, protein, energy and trimmed cuts was determined by breed and intake level over constant time, weight, fat and maturity intervals. Ranking of the breeds for feed efficiency depended upon both the interval and the criterion of evaluation. Efficiency of protein and trimmed cut gain was positively related to mature size in the time and weight intervals, but all differences in efficiency were small in the fat or maturity intervals. Gross energetic efficiency did not differ greatly among breeds in any interval. Dorsets appeared to have a somewhat greater propensity to fatten than the other breeds and to be less able to retain N at a fixed N intake. In the constant time interval, maintenance requirements were estimated to be 115 kcal/kg.75, and the estimated partial efficiencies of energy deposition in fat and protein were .49 and .26, respectively.

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1 Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, AR-SEA, USDA.

2 Present address: Dept. Anim. Sci., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ., Blacksburg 24061.

3 Division of Anim. Sci., Univ. of Wyoming.






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