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A note on the use of field beans (Vicia faba) for growing cattle

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

N. A. MacLeod ,
A. Macdearmid  and
M. Kay
N. A. MacLeod
Affiliation:
Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen, AB2 9SB
A. Macdearmid
Affiliation:
Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen, AB2 9SB
M. Kay
Affiliation:
Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen, AB2 9SB
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Summary

Field beans were compared with fish meal and soya bean meal as a protein source for young calves, and the effect of processing beans and barley on the digestibility of the diet was measured with older, castrated male cattle.

In calves given equal nitrogen intakes, apparent nitrogen digestibility was lower with field beans than with soya bean meal or white-fish meal, but nitrogen retention (g/day and percentage of intake) in calves given beans was between that obtained with fish meal and soya bean meal. The dry-matter digestibility of diets containing 20 % whole or rolled beans together with rolled barley was 80 % but fell to 74 % if the barley was given whole.

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Research Article
Information
Animal Production , Volume 14 , Issue 1 , February 1972 , pp. 111 - 113
Copyright
Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1972

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