Productive performance, meat quality and fatty acid profile of steers finished in confinement or supplemented at pasture

Productive performance, meat quality and fatty acid profile of steers finished in confinement or supplemented at pasture

Thirty Aberdeen Angus crossbred steers (281±16 kg) were used to test the effect of finishing feeding system on growth performance, meat quality and fatty acid (FA) profile in intramuscular fat. Steers were fed in confinement (forage:concentrate ratio of 50 : 50; DM basis) or with different levels of...

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Main Authors: H.O. Patino, F.S. Medeiros, C.H. Pereira, K.C. Swanson, C. McManus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-01-01
Series:Animal
Subjects:
Confinement
pasture
beef quality
n-3
CLA
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731115000105

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