Effects of the proportions of high or medium digestibility grass silage and concentrates in the diet of beef cattle on liveweight gain, carcass composition and fatty acid composition of muscle

Grass and Forage Science

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 279-291

  Steen, Raymond W J ^a,b,c   Kilpatrick, D J ^b,c   Porter, M G ^a  

^a AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Agriculture for Northern Irel ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Concentrate proportion; Grass silage based diets; Pasture; 3 fatty acids

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; DIET; FATTY ACID; SILAGE;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; LOLIUM PERENNE;

EID: 0036764196     PISSN: 01425242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2494.2002.00326.x     Document Type: Article

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