Heating Drinking Water in Cold Season Improves Growth Performance via Enhancing Antioxidant Capacity and Rumen Fermentation Function of Beef Cattle

• Main Authors: Tengfei He (Author), Shenfei Long (Author), Guang Yi (Author), Xilin Wang (Author), Jiangong Li (Author), Zhenlong Wu (Author), Yao Guo (Author), Fang Sun (Author), Jijun Liu (Author), Zhaohui Chen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2023-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The research aimed to investigate the suitable drinking water temperature in winter and its effect on the growth performance, antioxidant capacity, and rumen fermentation function of beef cattle. A total of 40 beef cattle (640 ± 19.2 kg) were randomly divided into five treatments with eight cattle i...