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Fat synthesis in different depots of cattle fed grass silage and dried grass diets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 November 2021

H.M.R. Greathead ,
J.M. Dawson ,
V.A. Sessions ,
F.T. Tye ,
N.D. Scollan ,
A.B. McAllan  and
P.J. Buttery
H.M.R. Greathead
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Biochemistry & Food Science, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough, Leics, LE12 5RD
J.M. Dawson
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Biochemistry & Food Science, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough, Leics, LE12 5RD
V.A. Sessions
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Biochemistry & Food Science, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough, Leics, LE12 5RD
F.T. Tye
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Biochemistry & Food Science, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough, Leics, LE12 5RD
N.D. Scollan
Affiliation:
AFRC Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, Plas Gogerddan, Aberystwyth, Dyfed SY23 3EB
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 & Food Science, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough, Leics, LE12 5RD
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Cattle fed grass silage generally have higher fatrprotein ratios than cattle fed other forage-based diets. This has been shown to be at least partly due to impaired protein accretion (Gill et al., 1987). It is however unclear whether differences in fat accretion are also responsible. This experiment was designed to compare rates of whole body fat metabolism, rates of fat deposition and carcass composition between grass silage and dried grass diets fed over a range of ME intakes.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 1996 , March 1996 , pp. 132
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 1996

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References

Gill, M., Beever, D.E., Buttery, P.J., England, P., Gibb, M.J. & Baker, R.D. (1987). J.Agric. Sci. (Comb.) 108 : 9–16.10.1017/S0021859600064091CrossRefGoogle Scholar