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Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Semina : Ciências Agrárias, 1(37), p. 357
DOI: 10.5433/1679-0359.2016v37n1p357
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Performance and economic viability of protein supplementation for grazing cattle steers in the wet and dry-wet transition season
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Pedro Veiga Rodrigues Paulino,
Renata Pereira da Silva-Marques,
Antônio José Neto,
Dagberto França,
Luciana Keiko Hatamoto-Zervoudakis
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Abstract
The objective was to evaluate performance and economic viability of protein supplementation of grazing beef cattle in the wet and dry-wet transition season. Eighty non-castrated Nellore steers, body weight of 371 ± 11.3 kg were used in the experiment. The treatments were the following: SM – Mineral supplement; Protein mineral supplements (SMP 20% FS - soybean meal: 410 g/animal; SMP 40% UR - urea: 223 g/animal; and SMP 40% UP - protect urea: 236 g/animal). It was used a complete random design with 20 replicates per treatment. There was a difference in the results (P