Effects of feeding patterns on production performance, lipo-nutritional quality and gut microbiota of Sunit sheep

This study aimed to investigate the impact of feeding patterns on the production performance, lipo-nutritional quality, and gut microbiota of Sunit sheep. A total of 24 sheep were assigned to two groups: confinement feeding (CF) and pasture feeding (PF) groups. After 90 days, the CF group exhibited significantly increased average daily gain, carcass weight, backfat thickness, and intramuscular fat content of the sheep, whereas the PF group showed significantly increased pH