The use of concentrate supplements to overcome seasonal shortages of grazed herbage in beef production systems

摘要：

The Brazilian average slaughter age is presently close to 40 months of age.There is a major national initiative to decrease the slaughter age,and to improve production systems with greater efficiency,with good quality and low price.However,the seasonality of forage production and quality of tropical pastures is the major limitation to reduce slaughter age of the animals.Moreover,slaughter age has an important role in meat quality,since young cattle tend to produce tenderer meat.Thus,the objective was work to evaluate the efficiency of feed supplementation of steers grazing palisadegrass ( Brachiaria briz antha) pasture,during the dry season.

关键词： Brachiaria brizantha forage allowance savanna nutritive value

作者: Valéria Pacheco Batista Euclides Kepler Euclides Filho Fernando Paim Costa Alexandre Scaff Raffia

作者单位: Embrapa Gado de Corte,Rodovia Br 262,km 04,Caixa Postal 154,CEP 79002-970,Campo Grande,MS,Brazil

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 2008世界草地与草原大会

会议地点: 呼和浩特

会议语种:英文

在线出版日期: 2008-06-29（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）