Abstract
Data from the Gulf Coast Beef Cattle Pasture Research Station, Angleton, Texas and records collected by the author at the Beef Cattle facilities, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas were included in this study. Preweaning and postweaning weights, sire and dam weights and feed consumption observations were taken on 59 steer calves of five different breed groups, namely; Hereford, Brahman, 3/4 Brahman-1/4 Hereford, 3/4 Hereford-1/4 Brahman and 1/2 Santa Gertrudis-1/4 Angus-1/8 Brahman-1/8 Hereford. Primary objectives of this study were to evaluate a method to estimate individual feed intake of group fed steers, to compute weight-age relationships and to estimate optimal slaughter weight from weight gain-feed intake and TDN/steer price relationships. A feeding arrangement similar to a balanced incomplete block design was introduced as a possible method to estimate individual feed consumption of group fed steers. ...
Franke, Donald Edward (1969). Biometrical and economical relationships between growth rate and feed consumption of steers. Doctoral dissertation, Texas A&M University. Texas A&M University. Libraries. Available electronically from
https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /DISSERTATIONS -174034.