Carcass and meat characteristics of Nellore young bulls fed diet using cottonseed cake as a replacer of the forage fiber source

Abstract The aim of this study was to assess the effects of substituting traditional forage fiber sources with cottonseed cake in the diet on both the quantitative and qualitative characteristics of carcass and meat in Nelore young bulls. Twenty-four Nelore steers starting with an average weight of...

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Main Authors: Angelo Herbet Moreira Arcanjo, Luís Carlos Vinhas Ítavo, Camila Celeste Brandão Ferreira Ítavo, Marina Nadai de Bonin Gomes, Carlos Eduardo Domingues Nazário, Antonio Leandro Chaves Gurgel, Tairon Pannunzio Dias-Silva, Juliana Caroline Santos Santana, Manoel Gustavo Paranhos da Silva, Flávio de Aguiar Coelho, Estevão Lopes Miranda, Évelyn Silva de Melo Soares, Ana Hellen da Silva, Laura Beatriz Perez da Silva, Rafael Goes Cardoso Paro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-04-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-58738-9