{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 .
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Summary
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).
| EPrint Type: | Project description |
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| Location: | 31600 Jokioinen www.mtt.fi |
| Keywords: | heifers, feeding, ecological production, carcass quality, meat quality, whole-crop silage, common wetch |
| Subjects: | Animal husbandry > Feeding and growth Animal husbandry > Production systems > Beef cattle |
| Research affiliation: | Finland > Other organizations Finland > Luke Natural Resources Institute |
| Research funders: | Finland > Other organizations Finland > Luke Natural Resources Institute |
| Start Date: | 1 January 2002 |
| End Date: | 29 December 2004 |
| Deposited By: | Nykänen, Arja |
| ID Code: | 5719 |
| Deposited On: | 16 Sep 2005 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Aug 2009 14:27 |
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