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A note on a urea-containing molassed sugar beet pulp product as a protein concentrate for intensively-fed Friesian steers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

G. Fishwick ,
J. Fraser ,
R. G. Hemingway  and
J. J. Parkins
G. Fishwick
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Husbandry, Glasgow University Veterinary School, Bearsden, Glasgow
J. Fraser
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Husbandry, Glasgow University Veterinary School, Bearsden, Glasgow
R. G. Hemingway
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Husbandry, Glasgow University Veterinary School, Bearsden, Glasgow
J. J. Parkins
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Husbandry, Glasgow University Veterinary School, Bearsden, Glasgow
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Summary

A molassed sugar beet product with 32% crude protein and containing added urea (8%), dicalcium phosphate, trace elements and vitamins was evaluated in two experiments as a protein source for intensively-fed 100 kg British Friesian steers. Comparison was made with an equal amount of crude protein supplied as a mixture of decorticated groundnut and cottonseed meals.

Both forms of supplementation equally and significantly increased live-weight gains and improved food conversion ratios compared with those recorded when the basal diet consisted of barley with no protein supplement.

Type
Research Article
Information
Animal Production , Volume 17 , Issue 2 , October 1973 , pp. 201 - 204
Copyright
Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1973

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