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A note on energy requirements for maintenance of lean and fat Angus, Hereford and Simmental cows

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

C. L. Ferrell  and
T. G. Jenkins
C. L. Ferrell
Affiliation:
US Department of Agriculture†‡, Clay Center, Nebraska 68933, USA
T. G. Jenkins
Affiliation:
US Department of Agriculture†‡, Clay Center, Nebraska 68933, USA
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Abstract

Mature Angus (A), Hereford (H) and Simmental (S) cows (16 each) that had been randomly assigned and fed a maize silage-based diet at different levels of intake during lactation were selected.

Lean and fat A, H and S cows were fed the maize silage-based diet individually to provide metabolizable energy (ME) intakes of 542, 506; 476, 437; and 624, 597 kj/kg0.75 per day respectively for 84 days. Daily weight gains of lean cows were greater than those of fat cows (0·40 v. 0·11 kg/day) even though daily ME intakes were less (55·2 v. 62·4 MJ/day). Theoretical estimates of ME requirements for maintenance were less for lean than for fat cows, and maintenance of A and H cows tended to be less than those of S cows.

These results suggest that cow maintenance requirements increased in association with fatness that resulted from the previously imposed nutritional regimes and tended to differ among cow breeds.

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Animal Production , Volume 39 , Issue 2 , October 1984 , pp. 305 - 309
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1984

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