Performance of two breeds of cattle fed high levels of molasses/urea, restricted forage, starch and protein supplements

Code (CO)	MSI99P0476
Author (AU)	Poillot, G. Leclézio, P. Wong You Cheong, Y.
Title - English (ET)	Performance of two breeds of cattle fed high levels of molasses/urea, restricted forage, starch and protein supplements
Document Type(DT)	Periodical article
Date of publication (DP)	1976
Series (SE)	Trop. Anim. Prod.
Source (SO)	1: 202-205
Language of text (LT)	EN
Language of summaries (LS)	En
Abstract (AB)	Rice bran and coconut cake gave as good results as maize grain in a trial with local breeds of cattle fattened on high levels of molasses/urea. The average daily gains in live weight were of the order of 570g. Acacia (Leucaena leucocephala) gave better results as a forage source than elephan grass. Local creole cattle (Bos taurus) grew 20 per cent faster than the Zebu. It is suggested that the moderate growth rates obtained reflected limiting genetic potential in the local breeds.
Descriptors - English (DE)	MOLASSES UREA ANIMAL NUTRITION STARCH PROTEINS SUGARCANE BYPRODUCTS
Descriptors - Geographic (DG)	MAURITIUS
Sort Key 1(K1)	Sugarcane: Byproducts utilization
Sort Key 2 (K2)	Animal feeding
Date record entered (DA)	1992-02-21
Language of analysis (LA)	En
Affiliation (AF)	Mauritius Sugar Industry Research Institute
Location (LO)	CHEM
Processing status (PS)	CAT
Number of copies (NC)	1
MSIRI Staff (MS)	CHEM