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Acta Prataculturae Sinica ›› 2010, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (3): 139-147.

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Effect of the amount of C3 or C4 plants in diets on the quality and main chemical components of beef

YAN Gui-long1,2, CAO Chun-mei2, DIAO Qi-yu1, TU Yan1, YUN Qiang1   

  1. 1.Institute of Feed Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China;
    2.Department
    of Animal Husbandry and Engineering, Hebei North College, Zhangjiakou 075000, China
  • Received:2009-05-31 Online:2010-03-25 Published:2010-06-20

Abstract: In a fattening trial and a slaughter test of 36 Simmental crossbred bulls, C3 plant components (soybean meal, wheat bran, Triticum aestivum, cotton seed meal and alfalfa hay) and C4 plant components (corn stalk silage, maize alcohol lees and Zea mays) were compared to evaluate their effects on the quality and main chemical components of beef. There were no significant effects of dietary C4 plants on the growth rate of beef cattle, the contents of fatty acids, amino acids, moisture, the shear force value, cooking loss, drip loss, marbling score and eye muscle area of beef. Similar results were obtained with dietary C3 plants.

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