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Review: Role of dietary carbohydrates in the metabolic and hormonal control of nutrient partitioning in lactating dairy sheep and dairy goats

Lunesu MF, Decandia M, Nudda A, Atzori AS, Cannas A 2026 Animal : an international journal of animal bioscience

Abstract

Sheep and goats are both small ruminants but differ to some extent in their feeding behaviour and selectivity, milk production, nutrient utilisation, and metabolism. Several studies have classified goats as intermediate feeders and sheep as grass and roughage eaters. Sheep, in general, are less productive and have…

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SheepGoats

Keywords

StarchInsulin resistanceSmall RuminantsDigestible FibreNon-fibre Carbohydrate

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