Abstract

The results of this study confirm that increasing concentrate allowance is a possible method to increase growth rate and shorten the growing period of dairy bulls, but it also increases carcass fatness. The responses to concentrate allocation regime demonstrate the great ability of growing bulls to adapt to different kinds of feeding regimes without decreasing the production and may also reduce carcass fatness. (c) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Keywords

Beef production; Carcass quality; Concentrate supplementation; Compensatory growth; Grass silage

Published in

Livestock Science
2013, Volume: 152, number: 1, pages: 21-30
Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV

SLU Authors

• Huhtanen, Pekka

  • Department of Agricultural Research for Northern Sweden, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Animal and Dairy Science


Publication identifier

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.livsci.2012.12.006

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/52648