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A note on the use of brewers' dried grains as a protein feedstuff for cattle

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

A. Öster ,
S. Thomke  and
H. Gyllang
A. Öster
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Husbandry, The Agricultural College, S-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden
S. Thomke
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Husbandry, The Agricultural College, S-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden
H. Gyllang
Affiliation:
Pripps AB, Bromma, S-161 86, Stockholm, Sweden
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Summary

Young, uncastrated male cattle (initial weight 80 kg, final weight 240 kg) were used to evaluate brewers' dried grains as a protein source (17 or 36% of the concentrate mixture), in comparison with soyabean oil meal (6% of the concentrate mixture). There were no significant effects on feed intake or average daily live-weight gain. The killing-out percentages for the three treatments were 49·2; 48·6 and 46·9 respectively (P < 0·001). There was a lower fat deposition (P < 0·01) in animals receiving the higher level of brewers' dried grains, and the degree of rumen parakeratosis was less (P < 0·001) with the diets containing grains.

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Research Article
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Animal Production , Volume 24 , Issue 2 , April 1977 , pp. 279 - 282
Copyright
Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1977

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