Research Article
Meat Production in a Feedlot System of Zebu—Holstein Steers and Heifers with Dairy Genetics: Productive and Biological Analyses
Table 1
Proportions of feed in the concentrate and diet and the composition of concentrates and diets on a dry matter basis.
| | Ingredients | Concentrate | Diet |
| | | Proportion (% DM) | | Corn silage | — | 33.7 | | Sugarcane | — | 11.2 | | Soybean hulls | 54.5 | 30.0 | | Ground corn | 36.0 | 19.8 | | Soybean meal | 6.0 | 3.3 | | Urea/ammonium sulfate | 1.8 | 1.0 | | Common salt | 0.8 | 0.5 | | Limestone | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| | | Chemical composition (% DM) | | Dry matter | 89.1 | 63.5 | | Organic matter | 97.1 | 96.8 | | Crude protein | 16.9 | 11.6 | | Neutral detergent fiber1 | 38.2 | 44.7 | | Nonfiber carbohydrates | 42.1 | 40.0 | | Ether extract | 2.6 | 2.0 |
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Corrected for ash and protein.
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