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6.6 Intensive beef production in Zimbabwe, based on sugar cane by-products

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

T. E. De La Hunt
T. E. De La Hunt
Affiliation:
Triangle Animal Feeds Ltd., Salisbury, Zimbabwe
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Animal feeds based on sugar cane by-products play a major part in intensive beef production in Zimbabwe. Molasses and bagasse are widely used in factory-produced diets for complete and full feeding of slaughter cattle in confinement and also in concentrates for supplementary feeding on pasture. Feed dry matter to carcass gain conversion ratios vary from 1:12.3 on diets containing 55% molasses and zero maize, to 1:10 on diets containing 14% molasses and 52% maize.

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Intensive Production of Large Ruminants
Information
BSAP Occasional Publication , Volume 4: Intensive Animal Production in Developing Countries , January 1981 , pp. 355 - 361
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Production 1981

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