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Altering carcass composition during a winter store period does not affect the final carcass composition following zero-grazing at the end of an 18-month finishing system

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

N.S. Prathalingam ,
L. Heasman ,
J.R. Scaife ,
J. Struthers ,
J. Parker ,
D.G. Chapple  and
M.A. Lomax
N.S. Prathalingam
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, Macrobert Building, University of Aberdeen, 581 King Street, Aberdeen, AB24 5UA
L. Heasman
Affiliation:
ADAS High Mowthorpe, Duggleby, Malton, North Yorkshire, YO17 8BP
J.R. Scaife
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, Macrobert Building, University of Aberdeen, 581 King Street, Aberdeen, AB24 5UA
J. Struthers
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, Macrobert Building, University of Aberdeen, 581 King Street, Aberdeen, AB24 5UA
J. Parker
Affiliation:
ADAS High Mowthorpe, Duggleby, Malton, North Yorkshire, YO17 8BP
D.G. Chapple
Affiliation:
ADAS Rosemaund, Preston Wynne, Hereford, HR1 3PG, United Kingdom
M.A. Lomax
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, Macrobert Building, University of Aberdeen, 581 King Street, Aberdeen, AB24 5UA
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The ability to produce high quality beef carcasses cost-effectively in an 18-month finishing system is partly determined by the feeding regime during winter and the subsequent response to grass during the finishing period. Animals fed on grass silage throughout winter have been shown to develop fatter carcasses (Baker et al., 1985). The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of altered carcass composition at the end of a winter store period on composition at the end of a summer grazing period.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2001 , 2001 , pp. 81
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2001

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References

Baker, R.D., Young, N.E. and Jaws, L.A. (1985). Changes in body composition of cattle exhibiting compensatory growth and the modifying effects of grazing management. Animal Production, 41: 309–321 Google Scholar