 | Abstract 393Effect of N fertilizer rate and stocking rate on meat production from Guinea grass cv. Likoni. Initial fattening.Alfonso,-A; Valdes,-LR; Duquesne,-P Estacion Experimental de Pastos y Forrajes "Indio Hatuey" Perico, Matanzas, Cuba. Pastos-y-Forrajes. 1985, 8: 1, 111-125; 16 ref. In field trials in 1982-3, Panicum maximum cv. Likoni pasture was grazed by Holstein X Zebu cattle with an initial liveweight of 127 kg until they reached approx. 250 kg. The 10 treatments were 5 stocking rates (2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 cattle/ha) with 2 N rates for each stocking rate (0 and 80, 80 and 120, 80 and 120, 120 and 140 and 160 and 240 kg N/ha, resp.). Highest daily liveweight gains were obtained with 120 kg N/ha and stocking rates of 3 or 4 cattle/ha (0.398 and 0.388 kg/animal). Lowest liveweight gains were obtained with 5 animals and 120 kg N/ha (0.282 kg/animal). Liveweight gains and forage availability responded to N rates ó160 kg/ha. This abstract relates to the following species: |