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Title: Grain or hay supplementation of grazing steers and heifers in the south-west of Western Australia / G.D. Tudor, G.R. Thorniley, G.R. Mullen and R.B. Telfer.
Author: McMullen, G. ; Australian Society of Animal Production Biennial Conference (20th : 1994 : Perth, W.A.) ; Telfer, R. B. ; Tudor, G. D. ; Thorniley, G. R.
Series: Animal production in Australia, ; v. 20.
Description: p. 89-92.
Subject: Western Australia. ; Cattle feeding. ; Feed grains. ; Supplementary feeding. ; Beef cattle. ; Beef production. ; Hay.
Notes: 1 table ; 1 fig.
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[Uniform title:Animal production in Australia : proceedings of the Australian Society of Animal Production twentieth biennial conference, the University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, July 1994.]
ISBN/ISSN: 07285965;
Type: Journal
Abstract: The experiment investigated the performance of yearling grazing steers and heifers supplemented once a week with whole oat and lupin grain (70:30) (approximately 3 kg/hd.day), or with hay fed to appetite either on the ground (Normal) or in a "Waste-not" Hayfeeder. Animals were supplemented for 112 days and animals in the Normal, "Waste-Not" and grain groups consumed about 350, 295 and 356 kg/hd and gained 38.4, 57.5 and 83.5 kg/hd respectively. The respective costs of gains were calculated to be 91, 51 an
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