
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bourke, ME 
T1  - The food conversion efficiency in lambs of two crosses of sheep
JF  - Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture
JO  - Aust. J. Exp. Agric.
Y1  - 1967
VL  - 7
IS  - 26
SP  - 199
EP  - 202
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/EA9670199 
N2  - The experiment investigated factors associated with differences in growth rate from birth to seven weeks, by two crossbreeds of lamb. The Dorset Horn x Border Leicester-Merino grew at 0.18 kg per day, and the Dorset Horn x Merino grew at 0.14 kg per day (P<0.001) although both crosses consumed the same digestible organic matter intake. Thus the second cross was significantly more efficient (P<0.05) than the first cross. Two levels of milk were also fed to both crosses and, although the high level improved growth rate (P <0.001), it did not effect the efficiency of conversion of food to animal tissue. 
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