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Responses by beef cattle to increases in either silage digestibility or proportion of rolled barley - digestion and calorimetry study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 November 2017

D.E. Beever
Affiliation:
The Grassland Research Institute, Hurley, Nr. Maidenhead, Berks. SL6 5LR
S.B. Cammell
Affiliation:
The Grassland Research Institute, Hurley, Nr. Maidenhead, Berks. SL6 5LR
M.J. Haines
Affiliation:
The Grassland Research Institute, Hurley, Nr. Maidenhead, Berks. SL6 5LR
D.L. Gale
Affiliation:
The Grassland Research Institute, Hurley, Nr. Maidenhead, Berks. SL6 5LR
C. Thomas
Affiliation:
The Grassland Research Institute, Hurley, Nr. Maidenhead, Berks. SL6 5LR
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Extract

This study was designed to obtain data on the digestion and nutrient supply of the four silage-based diets used in the comparative slaughter experiment described in the previous paper, with a view to providing a better understanding of some of the production response differences noted by Thomas et al.

Type
Beef Production
Copyright
Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1984

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