APPLICATION OF EXTRUDED COMPOUND FEED WHEN GROWING YOUNG BULLS

Abstract

The article presents the results of a study the application of extruded feed
during the growing of bulls. 4-5-month-old bulls of the Simmental breed were
taken as the object of the study. Was formed 2 groups of 10 animals each (control
and experimental). The conditions of keeping the animals were the same. The
difference in feeding was that 1.5 kg of concentrated feed in the experimental
group was replaced by 1.0 kg of extruded feed, while the nutritional value of the
rations did not change significantly. The result obtained makes it possible to
conclude that the application of extruded feed when growing bulls increases the
efficiency of nutrient consumption in feed, which is reflected in the dynamics of
growth and development. At the beginning of the experiment, the live weight in the
control group that received the main diet was - 117.4 kg, and in the group that
received extruded compound feed - 118.2 kg. At the end of the experiment, the
weight of the experimental group increased by 36.4 kg, which is 15.3 kg higher
than in the control group. The average daily gain for the control group was 704 g,
for the experimental group, the average daily gain was 1213 g, which is 509 g
higher than the control group