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The meat sector contributes some £5.5 billion or about 40% to the value of UK agricultural gross output. Of this total, beef accounts for approximately £2 billion by value. In the United Kingdom, over two-thirds of the agricultural land is suitable only as grassland. A large proportion of the grass is fed, either fresh or conserved, to beef cattle. Although grassland represents one of the cheapest feeds for beef production systems, there are inherent disadvantages associated with grass...
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Beef and milk production in Argentina rely mainly on grasslands and improved pastures; and conserved forages or concentrates are fed to the animals generally when DM availability or nutrient content of pastures is insufficient to satisfy animal requirements. Among conserved forage alternatives, silage production is increasing because of its many advantages over other supplements including: • Less dependence on weather compared with hay. • Nutrient content maintained, similar...
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Introduction Research over the last 30 years has demonstrated that the absorption of amino acids in the form of oligopeptides (principally di- to tri-peptides) constitutes the most quantitatively important form of amino acid uptake from digesta by gut epithelia (Matthews and Adibi, 1976; Steinhardt and Adibi, 1986; Matthews, 1991; Seal and Parker 1991; Webb et al., 1992; Koeln et al., 1993; Gardner, 1994) and physiologically important amounts from glomerular filtrate by...
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