Nutritional requirements of energy, protein and macrominerals for maintenance and weight gain of young crossbred Nellore × Holstein bulls on pasture

The objective of this study was to estimate requirements of energy, protein and macrominerals of young Nellore/Holstein crossbreds bulls supplemented on pastures of Brachiaria decumbens Stapf. Thirty-five young bulls, at 8.53±0.18 months of age and with initial body weight of 230.6±6.1 kg were used....

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Main Authors: Marlos Oliveira Porto, Mário Fonseca Paulino, Sebastião de Campos Valadares Filho, Edenio Detmann, Jucilene Cavali, Maykel Franklin Lima Sales, Ériton Egidio Lisboa Valente, Victor Rezende Moreira Couto
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Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia 2012-03-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982012000300037