Intensive beef production VII. The effect on nitrogen retention of diets containing barley processed by four different methods

Abstract

1. Nitrogen balance studies were conducted on 16 steers in two separate trials. The steers were fed on four diets containing respectively dry rolled barley; dried, steamed and rolled barley; dried, crimped barley and barley that had been stored in a sealed silo and rolled.2. There were no significant differences in the dry-matter intake of any of the diets.3. No consistent differences between the diets in dry-matter digestibility or nitrogen retention were observed.