Nutritional performance of cattle grazing on low-quality tropical forage supplemented with nitrogenous compounds and/or starch

The objective of this work was to evaluate the effects of protein and/or starch supplementation on the nutritional performance of cattle grazing on low-quality tropical forage. Five crossbred steers (Holstein × Gyr) with an average body weight (BW) of 397 kg that were fitted with ruminal and abomasa...

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Main Authors: Ísis Lazzarini, Edenio Detmann, Mário Fonseca Paulino, Sebastião de Campos Valadares Filho, Rilene Ferreira Diniz Valadares, Fabrício Albani Oliveira, Poliana Teixeira da Silva, William Lima Santiago dos Reis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia 2013-09-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982013000900009&lng=en&tlng=en