PSX-29 Intake, feed efficiency and carcass traits of Charolais and Holstein-Friesian steers offered a high-concentrate diet.

Due to the abolition of milk quotas in the European Union, expansion of the Irish dairy herd has meant that proportionately more beef is derived from dairy-bred compared to beef-bred animals. The objective was to determine intake, growth, feed efficiency and carcass traits of Charolais (CH) (n=92) compared to Holstein-Friesian (HF) (n=85) steers offered a high-concentrate, barley-based diet. Following a dietary adaptation period individual DM...