type: project
datestamp: 2005-09-16
lastmod: 2009-08-20 14:27:42
metadata_visibility: show
title: Quality beef from heifers - Part 1. The effect of organic wheat-common vetch whole-crop silage on the performance and carcass and meat quality of beef heifers
subjects: 3feeding
subjects: 3beef
full_text_status: none
keywords: heifers, feeding, ecological production, carcass quality, meat quality, whole-crop silage, common wetch 
abstract: Part 1. The purpose of this experiment is to study the effects of organic wheat-common vetch whole-crop silage on the performance and carcass and meat quality of Hereford beef heifers. Four treatments in a 2 × 2 factorial arranged design consist of the two type of silages (organic grass silage vs. organic wheat-common vetch whole-crop silage) and two levels of concentrates (0 vs. 2.0 - 1.0 kg DM/day/heifer).

institution: MTT Agrifood Research Finland
department: Animal Nutrition
citation: {Project} Quality beef from heifers - Part 1. The effect of organic wheat-common vetch whole-crop silage on the performance and carcass and meat quality of beef heifers. [Laatulihaa hiehoista - Osa 1. Luomukasvustosta valmistettu vehnä-rehuvirnasäilörehu teuraaksi kasvatettavien hereford-hiehojen vieroituksen jälkeisessä ruokinnassa.] Runs 2002 - 2004. Project Leader(s): Manninen, Merja, MTT Agrifood Research Finland. More information online at <http://tripunix.mtt.fi/cgi-bin/thw/?${BASE}=arktui&${HTML}=docu_eng&${SNHTML}=nosyn_eng&${TRIPSHOW}=for=www_eng&NR=252-07 <http://tripunix.mtt.fi/cgi-bin/thw/?${BASE}=arktui&${HTML}=docu_eng&${SNHTML}=nosyn_eng&${TRIPSHOW}=for=www_eng&NR=252-07>>.