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The effects of forage: concentrate ratio on meat quality of bulls slaughtered at a range of liveweights

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2017

F.O. Lively ,
T.W.J. Keady ,
L.E.R. Dawson ,
B.W. Moss  and
D.J. Kilpatrick
F.O. Lively*
Affiliation:
Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, NI, United Kingdom
T.W.J. Keady
Affiliation:
Teagasc, Athenry, Ireland
L.E.R. Dawson
Affiliation:
Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, NI, United Kingdom
B.W. Moss
Affiliation:
Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, NI, United Kingdom
D.J. Kilpatrick
Affiliation:
Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, NI, United Kingdom
*
Email:Francis.Lively@afbini.gov.uk
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The current upward trend in cereal prices will have a negative impact on the economics of intensive beef finishing systems. Patterson et al (1994) concluded that continental bulls could perform at a high level on diets which were relatively low in concentrates and predominantly based on grass silage. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the effect of forage:concentrate ratio and weight at slaughter on the meat quality of ¾ or more continental bulls.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2008 , 2008 , pp. 51
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2008

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Dawson, L.E.R and Lively, F.O. 2007. Proceedings of the Suckler Cow Workers Group MeetingGoogle Scholar
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