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Comparison of pressed sugar beet pulp ensiled with dried maize distillers grains against a ration based on barley and soya bean meal for fast finishing suckled beef bulls

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

S.P Marsh ,
S.L Edmond  and
M. Witt
S.P Marsh
Affiliation:
ASRC, School of Agriculture, Harper Adams University College, Newport, Shropshire, TF10 8NB, UK
S.L Edmond
Affiliation:
ASRC, School of Agriculture, Harper Adams University College, Newport, Shropshire, TF10 8NB, UK
M. Witt
Affiliation:
Trident Feeds, Oundle Road, PO Box 11, Peterborough, PE2 9QX, UK
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Intensively finished beef cattle have traditionally been fed rations based on rolled mineralised barley with a protein supplement such as soya bean or rapeseed meal. Since feed accounts for 75-85% of the variable costs of intensive beef production systems (MLC 1999) the use of alternative feeds that have a lower cost per unit of energy are worthy of investigation. The objective of this trial was to evaluate feeding pressed sugar beet pulp ensiled with dried maize distillers grains (Praize, Trident Feeds) on the performance of fast finishing continental cross weaned suckled bulls.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2001 , 2001 , pp. 113
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2001

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