Effect of previous nutrition on body composition and maintenance energy costs of growing lambs

Abstract
1. Forty-eight intact male lambs (30 kg) were fed to gain 16 (H), 5 (M) or 6 (HL, ML) kg and lambs from the L group were fed to gain 27 (LS), 16 (LH) or 5 (LM) kg during the ensuing 42 d (period 2).