FEEDING FREQUENCY AND ITS EFFECT ON FEEDLOT PERFORMANCE IN STEERS

被引:5
作者
GOONEWARDENE, LA [1 ]
ZOBELL, DR [1 ]
ENGSTROM, DF [1 ]
机构
[1] ALBERTA AGR FOOD & RURAL DEV,DIV FIELD SERV,LETHBRIDGE,AB T1J 4C7,CANADA
关键词
FEEDING; FREQUENCY; GAIN; STEERS; FEED EFFICIENCY;
D O I
10.4141/cjas95-037
中图分类号
S8 [畜牧、 动物医学、狩猎、蚕、蜂];
学科分类号
0905 ;
摘要
One hundred and twenty commercial feedlot steers were penned and randomly allocated to three treatments: fed once, twice and three times per day, over a grower through finisher period of 196 d. Feeding frequency had no effect (P > 0.05) on average daily gain, feed intake or efficiency overall. We conclude that there are no beneficial effects in feeding a total mixed diet more frequently to feedlot steers.
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