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Effects of variations in energy and protein intake on digestibility, nitrogen balance and carcass composition in British Friesian castrate male cattle

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

T. W. Griffiths
T. W. Griffiths
Affiliation:
An Foras Talúntais, Dunsinea, Castleknock, Co. Dublin, Ireland
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Abstract

Twenty-seven castrate male cattle were used in two nutritional balance and slaughter experiments to measure the effects of increasing levels of dietary protein (9 to 15% in the dry matter) at two levels of feeding (approximately 16 and 22 MJ metabolizable energy (ME)/100 kg live weight (LW) per day) on digestibility, nitrogen (N) balance and carcass growth and composition over the LW range 130 to 390 kg.

The higher level of feeding increased LW gain and carcass gain (CG) but higher protein intake increased LW gain and CG only at the higher feeding level as a result of its favourable effect on digestibility. N balance tended to overestimate carcass N retention at higher levels of protein intake.

The higher level of feeding increased the separable fat and total fat in the carcass. Increased protein intake had no effect on the lean meat content but increased the percentage protein in the edible portion of the carcass. LW gain, CG and carcass energy deposition were related to ME intake only but N balance and carcass protein gain were related to both ME and digestible crude protein intake.

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Research Article
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Animal Production , Volume 26 , Issue 3 , June 1978 , pp. 233 - 243
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1978

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