Animal Husbandry and Feed Science ›› 2017, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (7): 45-45.doi: 10.12160/j.issn.1672-5190.2017.07.015

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Effects of Dietary Supplementation of Yeast Culture on Productive Performance and Economic Benefits of Beef Cattle

GAO Hui-lan1,2, HOU Peng-xia1, MEI Ning-an3, LIANG Xiao-jun1 ( 1.Institute of Animal Science, Ningxia Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Yinchuan 750002, China; 2.Prevention and Control Center for Animal Diseases of Yuanzhou District of Guyuan City of Ningxia,Guyuan 756000,China;3. Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine Limited Company,Ningxia Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences,Yinchuan 750002, China)   

  • Online:2017-07-20 Published:2017-07-20

Abstract: This study was aimed at evaluating the effects of dietary supplementation of yeast culture on productive performance and economic benefits of beef cattle. A total of 150 Simmental crossbred cattle were randomly assigned to one of two groups such that control group(n=75) fed the TMR diet prepared in the experimental cattle farm and experimental group(n=75) fed the TMR diet supplemented with 0.5% of yeast culture. The experimental period lasted for 90 days. The results revealed that the daily gain and economic benefits were found increased by 9.68%(P〈0.05) and 9.09% in the experimental group compared to the control group respectively, and the ratio of feed to gain was found decreased by 1.79%(P〈0.05) in the experimental group compared to the control group. The results obtained in this study suggest that supplementing the basil diet with yeast culture improves the productive performance and economic benefits of beef cattle.

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