Crambe Meal as a Source of Supplemental Protein for Growing-Finishing Beef Cattle

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A series of four experiments were conducted with growing beef cattle to evaluate crambe (Crambe abyssinica) seed meal as a source of supplemental protein. The crambe meal contained hulls and from 25 to 31% protein. In two of the experiments, nonsignificant increases in gain were associated with additions of good quality crambe meal. In the other two experiments where nonsignificant decreases in gain were obtained, the crambe meals were of lower quality as indicated by analytical data and lower apparent acceptability to the cattle. In one of the experiments, cattle fed higher levels of crambe meal required less (P<.05) feed per kilogram gain. Copyright © 1979. American Society of Animal Science . Copyright 1979 by American Society of Animal Science.