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Articles | Volume 67, issue 4
Articles | Volume 67, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-67-583-2024
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https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-67-583-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 67, issue 4
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13 Dec 2024
Original study |  | 13 Dec 2024

Effects of whole and steam-flaked corn supplementation on productive performance, serum parameters, and reproductive characteristics of dairy ewes

Hande Işıl Akbağ, Cemil Tölü, Türker Savaş, Aynur Konyalı, Baver Coşkun, and İsmail Yaman Yurtman

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Corn grain is an important ruminant energy source due its high starch levels. It is expected that whole corn can alter the amount of starch reaching the small intestine and, thus, positively influence the litter size (LS) via hormonal stimulation, compared with steam-flaked corn. Nutritional supplementation with whole corn and steam-flaked corn enhanced the lambing rate, live weight, and body condition scores but did not change the LS.
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