TECHNOLOGY OF BOVINE FINISHING FOR BEEF PRODUCTION

Abstract

Beef is an important product from bovines: it is particularly appreciated for both its nutrient content and its dietary features that are unanimously acknowledged, and for the increasing share of bovine raising profitability (it shares over 30% of the world meat production). Bovines also supply convenient meat from the point of view of production costs because they valorise a wide range of fodder that are increasingly easy to get and inexpensive. Bovines from precocious breeds fatten faster and deposit large amounts of meat and fat compared to bovines from demi-precocious and late breeds. Yield upon slaughtering, meat tenderness and succulence are higher in precocious animals. Rational and well-balanced nutritiously feeding results in higher quality meat of high calorie value.