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Concentrate feeding strategies for growing and finishing dairy bulls offered grass silage-based diets

Huuskonen, Arto (2009) Concentrate feeding strategies for growing and finishing dairy bulls offered grass silage-based diets. Thesis, MTT Agrifood Research Finland . MTT Science, no. 1. .

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The first aim of this thesis was to produce data for evaluating, developing and recommending biologically and economically efficient energy and protein feeding strategies for growing and finishing dairy bulls offered grass silage-based diets and slaughtered at carcass weights above 300 kg. The second aim was to calculate the energy and protein supplies of the dairy bulls fed different grass silage-cereal-based diets and, based on this, to estimate the possible need to revise the current Finnish energy and protein recommendations for growing dairy bulls. The third aim was to demonstrate the P supply of dairy bulls fed grass silage-cereal-based diets with or without protein supplementation in relation to current feeding recommendations for P.


EPrint Type:Thesis
Thesis Type:Doctoral dissertation
Keywords:beef production, dairy bulls, feeding, concentrate supplementation, supplementary protein
Subjects: Animal husbandry > Feeding and growth
Research affiliation: Finland > Luke Natural Resources Institute
Related Links:http://www.mtt.fi
Deposited By: Koistinen, Riitta
ID Code:15898
Deposited On:17 Jul 2009
Last Modified:12 Apr 2010 07:39
Document Language:English
Status:Published
Refereed:Peer-reviewed and accepted

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