The replacement of grass hay by cassava foliage hay or spineless cactus improves lamb performance

José Fábio Dos Santos Silva1, Mariah Tenorio de Carvalho Souza1, Marianna Suellen Bispo Vieira1

  • 1Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Campus Arapiraca, Av. Manoel Severino Barbosa, s/n, Bom Sucesso, CEP, Arapiraca, AL, 57309-005, Brazil.

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