Concentrate feeding and feed ingredients for growing-finishing
dc.contributor.author | McGee, Mark | |
dc.contributor.author | O’Riordan, Edward | |
dc.contributor.author | Moloney, Aidan | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-11-29T17:46:09Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-11-29T17:46:09Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019-10-18 | |
dc.identifier.citation | McGee, M., O'Riordan, E., Moloney, A. Concentrate feeding and feed ingredients for growing-finishing. Viandes et Produits Carnes. La Revue Scientifique, 2019. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11019/2669 | |
dc.description | peer-reviewed | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Small improvements in feed efficiency, especially during indoor ‘winter’ feeding periods, can have a relatively large influence on farm profitability. Increasing the level of concentrates in the diet reduces forage intake and increases live weight and carcass weight gains, although at a decreasing rate. Subsequent compensatory growth at pasture diminishes the advantage of concentrate supplementation of young cattle. High digestibility grass silage with moderate concentrate supplementation can sustain a large proportion of the cattle performance achieved on highconcentrate diets. Feeding management is more important when feeding concentrates ad libitum than as a supplement. The relative nutritive (and economic) value of by-product feed ingredients depends on their inclusion level in the ration, and the amount of concentrates fed. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | La Revue Scientifique | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Viandes et Produits Carnes; | |
dc.rights | Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/ | * |
dc.subject | beef cattle | en_US |
dc.subject | food by-products | en_US |
dc.subject | cereals | en_US |
dc.subject | concentrates | en_US |
dc.subject | supplementation | en_US |
dc.subject | grass silage | en_US |
dc.title | Concentrate feeding and feed ingredients for growing-finishing | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.contributor.sponsor | Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine | en_US |
refterms.dateFOA | 2021-11-29T17:46:10Z |
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