Energy partitioning in cattle fed diets based on tropical forage with the inclusion of antibiotic additives.

The aim of this study was to describe energy partitioning in dairy crossbreed bulls fed tropical forage-based diets supplemented with different additives. Twenty F1 crossbred bulls (Holstein x Gyr) with initial and final live weight (LW) averages of 190 ± 17 and 275 ± 20 kg were fed sorghum (Sorghum...

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Main Authors: Marcelina Pereira da Fonseca, Ana Luiza da Costa Cruz Borges, Pedro Henrique de Araujo Carvalho, Ricardo Reis E Silva, Lúcio Carlos Gonçãlves, Iran Borges, Helena Ferreira Lage, Alexandre Lima Ferreira, Eloísa Oliveira Simões Saliba, Diogo Gonzaga Jayme, Joana Ribeiro da Glória, Décio Souza Graça, Rodrigo Melo Meneses, Antônio Último de Carvalho, Elias Jorge Facury Filho, Arthur Alves Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0211565