Intake, digestibility and growth by tropical breeds of cattle consuming tropical grasses supplemented with mill run.

Abstract

When ten steers were fed a diet of 75% or more mill run plus Hamil grass (Panicum maximum Jacq. var. Hamil) chaff, intake was highly variable between and within animals over 6 weeks. Dry matter digestibility ranged from 16% to 58% and two steers developed severe diarrhoea.