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The effects of composition of gain during a winter store period on carcass composition determined by Velocity of Sound Scanning (VOS) at spring and autumn in beef steers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

N.S. Prathalingam ,
L. Heasman ,
J. Struthers ,
J. Parker ,
D.G. Chapple  and
M.A. Lomax
N.S. Prathalingam
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, University of Aberdeen, 581 King Street, Aberdeen, AB24 5UA, United Kingdom
L. Heasman
Affiliation:
ADAS High Mowthorpe, Duggleby, Malton, N.Yorkshire, YO17 8BP, United Kingdom
J. Struthers
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, University of Aberdeen, 581 King Street, Aberdeen, AB24 5UA, United Kingdom
J. Parker
Affiliation:
ADAS High Mowthorpe, Duggleby, Malton, N.Yorkshire, YO17 8BP, United Kingdom
D.G. Chapple
Affiliation:
ADAS Rosemaund, Preston Wynne, Hereford, HR1 3PG, United Kingdom
M.A. Lomax
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, University of Aberdeen, 581 King Street, Aberdeen, AB24 5UA, United Kingdom
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Restriction of feed during the winter store period is an important part of current beef systems to exploit compensatory growth from cheap grazed grass. Previous studies have demonstrated that the composition of finished carcasses can be altered by the type of diet fed during the winter feed restriction period (Baker et al, 1985). The aim of this study is to examine the effects of body composition at the end of the winter store period on the composition of gain during the subsequent grass feeding period

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2000 , 2000 , pp. 77
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2000

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