
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ashton, GC 
T1  - Weight gain and faecal nitrogen excretion in grazing British and Zebu crossbred steers
JF  - Australian Journal of Agricultural Research
JO  - Aust. J.  Agric. Res.
Y1  - 1963
VL  - 14
IS  - 6
SP  - 898
EP  - 908
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/AR9630898 
N2  - The excretion of faecal nitrogen by 16 grazing steers, eight Hereford x Shorthorn and eight Zebu crossbreds, was determined at intervals over a period of 11 months. It was found that the non-dialysable faecal nitrogen fraction was the one most strongly correlated with gain. Statistically this fraction accounted for 68&#37; of the variation in average gain of the two breed groups between measurement intervals, and for 75&#37; of the variation in weight gain between individual steers during the summer gain period. The data gave no indication of inherent breed differences in intake, as judged by non-dialysable nitrogen excretion. 
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