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THE EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTARY BARLEY UPON GROWTH AND EFFICIENCY OF FOOD CONVERSION IN CALVES KEPT AT HIGH GRAZING INTENSITY

 

作者: J. Hodgson,   J. C. Tayler,  

 

期刊: Grass and Forage Science  (WILEY Available online 1972)
卷期: Volume 27, issue 1  

页码: 7-12

 

ISSN:0142-5242

 

年代: 1972

 

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2494.1972.tb00678.x

 

出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd

 

数据来源: WILEY

 

摘要:

ABSTRACTThree groups of Hereford × Friesian steer calves, bom in early January 1969, were strip‐grazed on eqoal areas of a sward of S321 perennial ryegrass from May to September inclusive, and received kibbled barley at the rate of nil, 3/4% or 1 1/2% of liveweight per day. Adjustments were made to the number of animals per group in order to maintain the same high grazing intensity (defined as 8 cm stubble height in grazed areas) on all treatments. The animals receiving supplementary barley gained weight at a rate 17–19% higher than the controls, but there was no significant difference in growth rate between the high and low levels of supplementation. The effficiency of conversion of barley was only 5–12 kg per animal liveweight gain/100 kg barley OM.The high level of supplementation resulted in an increase in stocking rate of 36 % over that of the control group, and an increase in liveweight gain per unit area of land grazed of 63%. The additional liveweight gain due to supplements, expressed per unit area of land grazed, was relatively constant at 21–24 kg liveweight gain/ 100 kg barley OM

 

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