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Challenges of beef cattle production from tropical pastures
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Autores: Poppi,Dennis P.; Quigley,Simon P.; Silva,Tiago Alves Corrêa Carvalho da; McLennan,Stuart R.
ABSTRACT The live weight gain of cattle on tropical pastures is reviewed and found to be low and dependent on the length of the growing season. Supplements may be added to address the primary limiting nutrient, which, in the dry season, is crude protein. The response relationships of live weight gain to level of supplement (protein or energy) that have been developed for animals on pasture in Brazil and Australia have been compared and found to be very similar. This gives confidence in recommending a supplementation strategy for cattle on tropical pastures. Response in the wet season was very low and likely to be uneconomic compared with dry season supplementation. Supplementation is costly and should only be used as a last resort, but the strategy needs...
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: Growth paths; Legumes; Pastures; Skeletal growth; Supplements.
Ano: 2018
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982018000100604