Effect of feeding system on productive performance, nutrient digestibility, and economic return in Brahman crossbred cattle
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The results indicated that the different feeding systems for three groups of Brahman crossbred cattle, such as a separated feeding group I followed by dried concentrate, SF-RDC, a separated feeding group II, followed by wet concentrate, SF-RWC and a FTMR-R group, which was not significantly showed the impact on animal body weight (including weight gain and average daily gain) and feed conversion ratio of all groups in the overall period. However, the SF-RDC group had the highest feed cost per gain (P<0.05). The dry matter intake, measured in grams per kilogram of metabolic body weight, which was significantly higher in the FTMR-R group than in the other treatment groups. In contrast, the nutrient intake and digestibility in the cattle was not significantly differed among the groups. In the SF-RWC and FTMR-R groups, the net profit (%) was higher than in the SF-RDC group. It concluded that separate feeding of rice straw and dried concentrate may not be practical as it decreased the net profit percentage.
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