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The utilization by beef cattle of a cereal supplement given in liquid suspension or in the dry form

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 a cereal supplement was given to beef cattle, either in suspension in water or as a dry supplement. There were no significant differences between treatments in live-weight gain, food intake or food conversion ratios. Although there was a tendency for the digestibility coefficients of all constituents to be lower on the diet containing the liquid supplement, the differences were not statistically significant. It is concluded that giving a supplement in suspension has no adverse effect on the utilization of the overall diet and could facilitate mechanization of the feeding operation.

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Research Article
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Animal Production , Volume 16 , Issue 2 , April 1973 , pp. 173 - 177
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1973

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