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Intensive beef production VII. The effect on nitrogen retention of diets containing barley processed by four different methods

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

M. Kay
Affiliation:
Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen
T. R. Preston
Affiliation:
Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen
N. A. MacLeod
Affiliation:
Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen
Euphemia B. Philip
Affiliation:
Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen
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1. Nitrogen balance studies were conducted on 16 steers in two separate trials. The steers were fed on four diets containing respectively dry rolled barley; dried, steamed and rolled barley; dried, crimped barley and barley that had been stored in a sealed silo and rolled.

2. There were no significant differences in the dry-matter intake of any of the diets.

3. No consistent differences between the diets in dry-matter digestibility or nitrogen retention were observed.

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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1966

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