Carcass traits and meat quality of lambs fed with cactus (Opuntia fícus-indica Mill) silage and subjected to an intermittent water supply

• Aelson Fernandes do Nascimento Souza ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Aelson Fernandes do Nascimento Souza, Edson Mauro Santos, Paulo Sérgio de Azevedo

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Areia, Brasil

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• Gherman Garcia Leal de Araújo ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Supervision

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária, Petrolina, Brasil

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• Edson Mauro Santos ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Aelson Fernandes do Nascimento Souza, Edson Mauro Santos, Paulo Sérgio de Azevedo

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Areia, Brasil

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• Paulo Sérgio de Azevedo ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Aelson Fernandes do Nascimento Souza, Edson Mauro Santos, Paulo Sérgio de Azevedo

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Areia, Brasil

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• Juliana Silva de Oliveira ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Areia, Brasil

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• Alexandre Fernandes Perazzo ,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – original draft

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Areia, Brasil

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6735-8187

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• Ricardo Martins Araujo Pinho ,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: ricardo-zootec@hotmail.com

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, Chapadinha, Brasil

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2816-1610

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• Anderson de Moura Zanine

  Roles Supervision, Writing – original draft

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, Chapadinha, Brasil

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