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Until now, feeding recommendations for livestock in tropical and warm areas are largely based on standards produced in temperate area (ARC, 1984; INRA, 1989; NRC, 1985). Nevertheless, energy and protein requirements of livestock in warm area could differ from those of temperate area. The objective of this study was to estimate energy and protein requirements of ruminants in tropical and warm area using a meta-analysis.
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Salah, N., Sauvant, D., Archimède, H. (2013). Estimates of nutritional requirement of sheep, goats and cattle in tropical and warm countries: a meta-analysis study. In: Oltjen, J.W., Kebreab, E., Lapierre, H. (eds) Energy and protein metabolism and nutrition in sustainable animal production. Energy and protein metabolism and nutrition in sustainable animal production, vol 134. Wageningen Academic Publishers, Wageningen. https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-781-3_11
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