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The Effect of Replacing Wildrye Hay with Mulberry Leaves on the Growth Performance, Blood Metabolites, and Carcass Characteristics of Sheep.
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- Multi-omics insights into Chinese herbal medicine additives for mutton flavor enhancement: epigenetic and microbial mechanisms.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Pooled it
- Mixed solid-state fermentation and microbial consortium improved the nutritional value of mulberry leaves and distillers' grains.World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2026Article
- Effect of dietary incorporation of Mulberry Leaves on nutritive value of rations, digestibility, growth performance and blood constituents of male Ossimi lambs.Tropical animal health and production · 2026Article
- Effects of fermented mulberry leaves on rumen fermentation and microbiota in rumen fluid of heat-stressed Hu sheep.Applied microbiology and biotechnology · 2026Article
- Evaluating Physical and Qualitative Properties of Lamb Meat Fed Different Levels of Neutral Detergent Fiber.Food science of animal resources · 2025Article
- Supplementation with mulberry leaves improves growth performance and meat quality of Xiangdong black goats.Animal bioscience · 2025Article
- Effects of dietary mulberry leaves on growth, production performance, gut microbiota, and immunological parameters in poultry and livestock: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Animal bioscience · 2024Article
- - Invited Review - Translational gut microbiome research for strategies to improve beef cattle production sustainability and meat quality.Animal bioscience · 2024Article
- Dietary Paper Mulberry Silage Supplementation Improves the Growth Performance, Carcass Characteristics, and Meat Quality of Yangzhou Goose.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Nutrient Intake, Performance, Carcass Characteristics, Meat Quality, and Cost Analysis of Sheep Submitted to Intermittent Supplementation on Masai Grass Pastures.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Protective Application ofAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Review
- Effect of the Replacement of Maize Silage and Soyabean Meal with Mulberry Silage in the Diet of Hu Lambs on Growth Performance, Serum Biochemical Indices, Slaughter Performance, and Meat Quality.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Article
- Physicochemical Properties and Elimination of the Activity of Anti-Nutritional Serine Protease Inhibitors from Mulberry Leaves.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of partially substituting for conventional forage, Chinese wildrye (CW), with mulberry leaves (ML) on the growth, digestion, ruminal fermentation, blood metabolites, and meat quality of sheep in a 65-day feedlot study. Thirty-two four-month-old male small-tailed Han sheep (25.15 ± 1.03 kg) were randomly assigned to one of four treatments. The dietary treatments consisted of four proportions of ML (0, 8, 24, and 32%) as a substitute for CW (designated as ML0, ML8, ML24, and ML32, respectively). Rumen digesta and blood samples were collected at day 63 of the trial. Carcass traits were assessed after slaughter at the end of performance period. The results from this study revealed no differences in average daily bodyweight gain (ADG), feed conversion ratio (FCR), and final body weight (FBW) among treatments. The apparent digestibility of dry matter (DM), organic matter (OM), and acid detergent fiber (ADF) was higher in the sheep fed with ML than in those fed CW. The ML24 treatment had a higher digestibility of crude protein (CP) and ether extract (EE). There were no differences (
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