caa a22 4500 386320551 CHVBK 20180307111625.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e198812 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0003356100003652 doi S0003356100003652 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0003356100003652 A note on dry-matter intake and composition of gain of Simmental bulls and steers fed to the same weight or age [Elektronische Daten] Differences in dry-matter intake and composition of gain between 35 Simmental bulls and 35 Simmental steers were examined. All bulls and 15 steers were slaughtered after 167 days on food and the remaining steers were slaughtered after 224 days. Bulls ate more food daily than steers (P < 0·1) but drymatter intake per unit of metabolic body weight (kg M0·75) was not different between groups (T > 0·1). Bulls had greater estimated rates of protein accretion than steers (P < 0·001) but estimated fat accretion rates were not different. These data suggest that voluntary food intakes do not differ between bulls and steers of equal weight and indicate that bulls are leaner than steers due to greater lean tissue accumulation rather than less fat deposition. Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1988 Anderson P. T. Department of Animal Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, 48824, USA Hawkins D. R. Department of Animal Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, 48824, USA Bergen W. G. Department of Animal Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, 48824, USA Merkel R. A. Department of Animal Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, 48824, USA Animal Production Cambridge University Press 47/3(1988-12), 493-496 0003-3561 47:3<493 1988 47 ASC https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003356100003652 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003356100003652 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Anderson P. T. Department of Animal Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, 48824, USA NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hawkins D. R. Department of Animal Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, 48824, USA NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bergen W. G. Department of Animal Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, 48824, USA NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Merkel R. A. Department of Animal Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, 48824, USA NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Animal Production Cambridge University Press 47/3(1988-12), 493-496 0003-3561 47:3<493 1988 47 ASC CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge