Effect of breed, gender, housing system and dietary crude protein content on performance of finishing beef cattle fed maize-silage-based diets

Effect of breed, gender, housing system and dietary crude protein content on performance of finishing beef cattle fed maize-silage-based diets

Maize silage-based diets with three dietary crude protein (CP) supplements were offered to 96 finishing cattle of contrasting breed (Holstein Friesian (HF) v. Simmental × HF (SHF)) and gender (bull v. steer) housed in two types of feeding system (group fed v. individually fed). The three protein sup...

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Main Authors: D.T. Juniper, M.J. Bryant, D.E. Beever, A.V. Fisher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2007-01-01
Series:Animal
Subjects:
beef cattle
breed
crude protein
maize silage
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S175173110770352X

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