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Growth and carcass production of Ongole grade cattle and Simmental Ongole crossbred cattle growing in a feedlot system
Thesis Abstract:
The purpose of this research was to determine the growth and carcass production of Ongole grade cattle (PO) and Simmental Ongole (SimPO) crossbred cattle growing in a feedlot system. Six Ongole grade cattle and six Simmental Ongole crossbred cattle with the respective initial body weight of 315.6 ± 39.46 kg and 368.3 ± 17.81 kg, were kept for three months and fed with concentrates, elephant grass, soybean, and cassava. At the end of research, all cattle were slaughtered. The observed variables included feed consumption, feed digestibility, daily body weight gain, feed conversion, feed cost per gain, blood urea and blood glucose levels, carcass cuts weight, carcass yield, carcass percentage, carcass component, and meat-bone ratio. The obtained data were analyzed using t-test. The treatments significantly affected carcass weight and carcass percentage (p < .05) but had no significant effect (p > .05) on feed consumption, feed digestibility, daily body weight gain, feed conversion, feed cost per gain, blood urea and blood glucose levels, carcass component, and meatbone ratio. In conclusion, the Simmental Ongole crossbred had higher carcass weight and carcass percentage, and feed cost per gain was more efficient when compared with Ongole grade cattle.