Alternative Feeds for Beef Cattle

Hi. Regarding the peanut meal. Is there any testing for the affect of the intake level as a % of the total ration on the coloration in the animals fat and any possible effect on taste revealed at slaughter? I ask this as I have come across this problem in the past with pigs fed on a finishing ration containing a percentage of peanut meal. I'm sorry I don't have any figures on the % involved as it was some time ago.

Swine have greater tendency to lay down fat compared with cattle. Moreover, the degree of fat deposition depends on the energy balance. Inclusion of peanut is likely to affect swine more than cattle. The coloring of carcass is likely to be dependent on carotenoids (which are fat soluble) and not necessarily fat type by itself. The drive towards production of ethanol fuel will surely lead to increased use of co-products in animal feeding. I think there is need to list of the co-products as possible alternative for feeding cattle.

Pls suggest some standard concentrate mixture with the objective to get faster body weight and muscular growth of beef cattle. Regards. Dr S Chandra