@conference {40867,
	title = {Effects of post-pubertal castration and diet on growth rate and meat quality of bulls},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {56},
	year = {1996},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {390-393},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	abstract = {By castrating bulls post-puberty and then finishing before slaughter it  may be possible to obtain both the higher growth rate of bulls but the meat  quality of steers. Of 50 crossbred bulls, 20 were castrated at 10 months-of  age (steers) and 20 castrated at 17 months-of age (castrates). One month  after the latter castration, all animals commenced a 100 day finishing period  and were slaughtered at the end. Ten steers and 10 castrates were fed a diet  of 50\% barley : 50\% silage while the rest grazed brassica crop and pasture.  Bulls were 20 kg heavier than steers at post-pubertal castration (388 },
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Cosgrove GP and Knight TW and Lambert MG and Death AF}
}
