Effects of Different Roughage Diets on Fattening Performance, Meat Quality, Fatty Acid Composition, and Rumen Microbe in Steers

This study aimed to evaluate different roughages on fatting performance, muscle fatty acids, rumen fermentation and rumen microbes of steers. Seventy-five Simmental crossbred steers were randomly divided into wheat straw group (WG), peanut vine group (PG) and alfalfa hay group (AG), with 5 replicate...

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Main Authors: Xiaoyan Zhu, Boshuai Liu, Junnan Xiao, Ming Guo, Shumin Zhao, Menglin Hu, Yalei Cui, Defeng Li, Chengzhang Wang, Sen Ma, Yinghua Shi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Nutrition
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2022.885069/full