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Whole-body fat metabolism in cattle fed forage-based diets.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 November 2017

H.M.R. Greathead ,
J.M. Dawson ,
A.B. McAllan  and
P.J. Buttery
H.M.R. Greathead
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Biochemistry and Food Science, University of Nottingham. Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough, Leics. LE12 5RD
J.M. Dawson
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Biochemistry and Food Science, University of Nottingham. Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough, Leics. LE12 5RD
A.B. McAllan
Affiliation:
AFRC Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, Plas Gogerddan, Aberystwyth, Dyfed SY23 3EB
P.J. Buttery
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Biochemistry and Food Science, University of Nottingham. Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough, Leics. LE12 5RD
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The production performance of cattle fed forage-based diets, particularly conserved forages, is poor and unpredictable. It has been shown that protein deposition is limiting in silage-fed cattle (Gill et al., 1987). It has also frequently been reported that the ratio of carcass fat:protein in silage-fed cattle is high (Baker, Young & Laws, 1992). There are few comparative dietary studies on whole-body fat metabolism in cattle. It was therefore the aim of this study to measure some of the parameters of whole-body fat metabolism in cattle fed forage-based diets and thus to determine if the high fat:protein ratio of silage-fed cattle is due to altered rates of whole-body fat metabolism. It was also our aim to determine whether the well-documented effects of β-agonists on fat metabolism are dependent on dietary status.

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Nutrient Metabolism
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1994 , March 1994 , pp. 30
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1994

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