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A note on the effect of once, twice or three times a day feeding with concentrate on the efficiency of utilization of a diet given to beef cattle

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

A. R. Renton  and
T. J. Forbes
A. R. Renton
Affiliation:
The Agricultural Research Institute of Northern Ireland, Hillsborough, Co. Down
T. J. Forbes
Affiliation:
The Agricultural Research Institute of Northern Ireland, Hillsborough, Co. Down
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Summary

An experiment was carried out in which equal amounts of concentrate were given to beef cattle once, twice or three times per day, with a basal hay diet. There were no significant differences between treatments in food and water intake, digestibility coefficients, nitrogen balance data or live-weight gain.

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Research Article
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Animal Production , Volume 19 , Issue 1 , August 1974 , pp. 111 - 114
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1974

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