The experiment was carried out with the objective to evaluate the weight gain, dry matter intake and food conversion of feedlot lambs and slaughtered at 28 or 33kg and of their mothers until weaning. Twenty-two intact male lambs, sired by Texel males, from crossbreed Texel -Ideal dams were used. The lambs were confined in individual stall together, with their respective mothers until weaning (45 days of age). During this period, each pair was fed to fit the mothers' nutricional requirements. The diet contained 70% of roughage and 30% of concentrate. From weaning on, the diet was formulate to provide the nutricional requirements of the lambs, and contained 60% of roughage and 40% of concentrate. The values obtained for weight gain, dry matter intake (kg/animal/day; % live weight and g/metabolic size) and food conversion of lambs, did not differ (P>0.05) among the weights of slaughter, the means obtained were 0.245kg, 0.712kg; 2.99%; 66.02g e 4.32, respectively.
confinement; ewe; food conversion; sheep; weight gain
