Performance and carcass quality of forage-fed steers as an alternative to concentrate-based beef production

This paper studies the performance and carcass quality of Parda de Montaña cattle under different management systems to find alternatives to concentrate feed indoor beef production. Treatments were: i) Control, with 8 bulls (216±34.3 kg initial weight; 282±45.6 days) fed concentrate and straw <em...

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Main Authors: Mireia Blanco, Margalida Joy, Pere Albertí, Guillermo Ripoll, Isabel Casasús
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2014-12-01
Series:Italian Journal of Animal Science
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Online Access:http://www.aspajournal.it/index.php/ijas/article/view/3384