How dietary cottonseed hull affects the performance of young bulls finished in a high-concentrate system
C. E. Eiras A , C. Mottin B , R. A. C. Passetti A , J. A. Torrecilhas A , K. A. Souza A , A. Guerrero A and I. N. Prado A C
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A State University of Maringá, Department of Animal Science, Av. Colombo, 5790 – 87020-900, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil.
B State University of Londrina, Department of Animal Science, Rod. Celso Garcia Cid, Km 380 – 86057-970, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.
C Corresponding author. Email: inprado@uem.br
Animal Production Science 57(8) 1719-1724 https://doi.org/10.1071/AN15474
Submitted: 23 August 2015 Accepted: 26 April 2016 Published: 19 August 2016
Abstract
This study aimed to evaluate the effects of diets composed of cottonseed hull on feed intake, in vitro digestibility, animal performance, carcass characteristics and ingestive behaviour of young bulls (1/2 Simmental × 1/2 Nellore) fed in a high-concentrate system. Thirty crossbred young bulls (319 ± 12.5 kg of bodyweight, and 11 ± 0.8 months old) were assigned to a complete randomised experimental design of three diets (CH21: cottonseed hull 210 g/kg on a DM, basis; CH27: cottonseed hull 270 g/kg on a DM basis; CH33: cottonseed hull 330 g/kg on a DM basis) with 10 animals per group. The animals were kept in a feedlot for 162 days. The cottonseed hull diets had effects on DM intake and neutral detergent fibre intake. The CH21 diet reduced the DM and detergent fibre intakes (kg/day and kg/100 kg bodyweight) and increased the in vitro digestibility of DM. However, the in vitro digestibility of neutral detergent fibre was greater with the CH27 diet. The cottonseed hull diets did not have effects on animal performance or the carcass characteristics of young bulls. However, the CH33 diet reduced the feed efficiency of the animals. A cottonseed hull level up to 270 g/kg of dietary DM may be utilised as a non-forage fibre in high-concentrate diets for young bulls in feedlots.
Additional keywords: co-product, crossbred, digestibility, feed intake, feedlot.
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