Some effects of wintering yearling beef cattle on different planes of nutrition: I. Live-weight gain, food consumption and body measurement changes during the winter period and the subsequent grazing period

An experiment is described in which the growth rate and conformation changes of cattle subjected to different levels of nutrition during their yearling winter, and then re-alimentated on grass, were studied. For this purpose thirty-six Sussex x Shorthorn steers between 38 and 52 weeks of age were randomly distributed on the basis of live weight into three groups, each of twelve animals.