Substituition of urea for soybean meal and forced intake of minerals on the performance of growing crossbred calves

Autor: J.J. Ferreira, J.R.M. Ruas, G.A.R. Macedo, A. Marcatti Neto, D.S. Queiroz, E.A. Silva
Jazyk: English<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Vol 71, Iss 5, Pp 1677-1685 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1678-4162
DOI: 10.1590/1678-4162-10419
Popis: ABSTRACT Forty eight crossbred calves, 24 males and 24 females, with weight and age of 203.6±3.7kg and 11.8±1.0 months were allotted to the following treatments: MT- mineral salt ad libitum and sugar cane mixed with 10g kg-1 mixture of urea and ammonium sulfate in a 9:1 proportion; MA - sugar cane mixed with 16g kg-1 of a concentrate of urea (550g kg-1), ammonium sulfate (60g kg-1) and minerals (390g kg-1); SU - sugar cane mixed with 50g kg-1 of a concentrate of soybean meal (830g kg-1), urea (52g kg-1) and minerals (118g kg-1) and MC - corn silage mixed with 10g kg-1 of a concentrate of urea (500g kg-1), ammonium sulfate (50g kg-1) and minerals (450g kg-1). Minerals mixed with sugar cane (MA) resulted in greater weight gain (0.258 x 0.188kg d-1) for similar intakes of DM (3.29 x 3.30kg d-1). Substitution of part of urea nitrogen in the MA by soybean meal (SU) resulted in greater ADG (0.538 x 0.258kg d-1), due to higher sugar cane intake (4.10 x 3.13kg d-1). ADG of calves receiving corn silage was greater (0.406 x 0.258kg d-1) than for calves receiving sugar cane.
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