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Effect of pasture growth rate on live-weight gain of grazing beef cattle

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

J. P. Ebersohn  and
K. W. Moir
J. P. Ebersohn
Affiliation:
C/—Queensland Department of Primary Industries, Animal Research Institute, Yeerongpilly, Brisbane, Australia 4105
K. W. Moir
Affiliation:
C/—Queensland Department of Primary Industries, Animal Research Institute, Yeerongpilly, Brisbane, Australia 4105
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Summary

Live-weight gain of beef cattle grazing all-grass or grass-clover pastures, details of which have been reported previously, was significantly (P < 0·01) correlated with pasture growth rate, but not with pasture dry matter on offer (either total or green), or with dietary-energy concentration. From ideas generated from the relationship between live-weight gain and pasture growth rate, and using intake values measured from the number and size of prehension bites, it is shown how high live-weight gain for measured dietary-energy concentration could be explained by differential contribution to digestibility and voluntary intake from pasture new growth.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 102 , Issue 2 , April 1984 , pp. 265 - 268
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1984

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