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Abstract 356

Supplementation of housed lambs with Cucurbita sp.

Olivo,-J; Combellas,-J-de

Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Maracay, Venezuela.

Informe Anual '83, Instituto de Produccion Animal, Universidad Central de Venezuela. 1984, 95. Maracay, Venezuela.

70-day-old lambs fed Cenchrus ciliaris hay were supplemented with chopped Cucurbita sp. at (a) 1.5 and (b) 1.2% of liveweight + groundnut straw at 0.3% of liveweight. Daily liveweight gains averaged 69.8 and 101.2 g for (a) and (b), resp.

This abstract relates to the following species:

Cucurbita spp, Cucurbita spp