Development and reproductive performance of beef heifers supplemented with brown rice meal and/or protected fat on temperate grasslands

The response of energy supplementation was evaluated on the development and reproductive performance of beef heifers on temperate grasslands. Twenty-eight Charolais × Nellore heifers, with initial average age of 18 months and initial live weight of 274.9 kg were utilized. The animals were maintained...

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Main Authors: Luiz Angelo Damian Pizzuti, Dari Celestino Alves Filho, Ivan Luiz Brondani, João Restle, Leandro da Silva Freitas, Flânia Mônego Argenta, Diego Soares Machado, Gilmar dos Santos Cardoso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia 2012-10-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982012001000018