Article
Dietary energy source and density: effects of roughage source, roughage equivalent, tallow level, and steer type on feedlot performance and carcass characteristics.
Journal of animal science - 1 Aug 1994
Bartle S J, Preston R L, Miller M F
Abstract excerpt
The effects of roughage level (10, 20, or 30% roughage equivalent [RE]), roughage source (alfalfa vs cottonseed hulls), roughage regimen (constant RE vs 2% RE during the mid-finishing period), tallow level (1.2 vs 4.6%), and steer type (British crossbred [BRITX] vs Bos indicus crosses [BRX]) were evaluated in three experiments with a common allotment and several overlapping treatments. Steers (n = 432; initial...
Topics
- Adipose Tissue
- Animal Feed
- Animals
- Cattle
- Crosses, Genetic
- Dietary Fats
- Dietary Fiber
- Eating
- Energy Intake
- Fats
- Food, Fortified
- Male
