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Effects of rumen-protected oil supplementation on finishing grazing beef cattle

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The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of rumen-protected oil (soybean and palm oil) in supplements for beef cattle during the fattening phase in pastures on the intake and digestibility of nutrients, animal performance, and carcass characteristics. Forty-eight noncastrated male Nellore cattle (15 ± 2 months and 389.5 ± 20 kg of body weight) were used in a completely randomized design to evaluate the following treatments: protein-energy supplement (PES) without rumen-protected oil (control: CO), PES containing palm rumen-protected oil (PRPO), PES containing soybean rumen-protected oil (SRPO), and PES containing a mixture of soybean and palm rumen-protected oil (SPRPO). The study lasted 112 days, and there was a decrease in crude protein intake (P < 0.05) and an increase in ether extract intake (P < 0.05) when rumen-protected oil was included in the supplements. In comparison to the palm rumen-protected oil supplement, the soybean rumen-protected oil supplement promoted a lower average daily gain (ADG) (P < 0.05); however, regardless of the rumen-protected oil source, an increase in the fat thickness of the subcutaneous tissue was observed. In addition, there was no difference in carcass gain (P > 0.05) regardless of oil source. Rumen-protected oil is a tool to increase the finishing of pasture-finished young beef cattle in the dry season.

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    Pedro Ivo José Lopes da Rosa e Silva, Joanis Tilemahos Zervoudakis, Luciano da Silva Cabral, Luciana Keiko Hatamoto-Zervoudakis, Lucien Bissi da Freiria, Yasmim Rodrigues Vilas Boas e Silva, Pedro Veiga Rodrigues Paulino & Pedro Paulo Tsuneda

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    Pedro Veiga Rodrigues Paulino & Adriano Jorge Possamai

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da Rosa e Silva, P.I.J.L., Zervoudakis, J.T., da Silva Cabral, L. et al. Effects of rumen-protected oil supplementation on finishing grazing beef cattle. Trop Anim Health Prod 52, 763–769 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-019-02067-x

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