Dietary energy Archives

Comparative energy value of cooked grease recovered from rinse-trap water lines used as dietary fat source for feedlot lambs

2022
Issue: 5
Volume: 52

A. Estrada-Angulo1, J.L. Ramos-Méndez1, J.D. Urías-Estrada1, B.I. Castro-Pérez1, A. Barreras2, R.A. Zinn3, L. Corona4, X.P. Perea-Domínguez5, I.G. Martínez-Alvarez5, A. Plascencia6 # Page: 683 - 692

2024-09-08
Marion Young

The objective of this experiment was to compare the effects of dietary supplementation with cooking grease recovered from rinse-trap water lines (rinse-trap grease; RTG) versus conventional supplemental fats (tallow; TL, and yellow grease; YG) on 84-d growth performance, dietary energy,…

Predicting the growth and feed intake of Boer goats in a feedlot system

2020
Issue: 4
Volume: 50

T.S. Brand, D.A. Van Der Merwe, E. Raffrenato & L.C. Hoffman Page: 492 - 500

2024-09-08
Dr. Michael MacNeil

This research sought to develop a mathematical model to predict the growth and feed intake of Boer goat kids destined for slaughter. Data were collected from castrated kids that were housed in individual pens and fed diets that varied in…

The influence of dietary energy on a mathematical model for growth, body composition and feed utilization of pigs

1981
Issue: 3
Volume: 11

C.Z. Roux & E.H. Kemm Page: 255 - 268

2024-09-08
flickerleap

A mathematical model together with data analyses were adapted to describe the effect of variation in dietary energy concentration, achieved by the inclusion of different levels of sawdust, on the growing pig. It was found that the autoregression coefficient of…