Table 1. Experimental design of Holstein steers

Treatment No. of steers 22 month 24 month
Concentrate Concentrate
Fattening Finishing Fattening Finishing
Total digestible nutrients (%)1)
T1 10 70 74 - -
T2 10 72 76 - -
T3 10 - - 70 74
T4 10 - - 72 76
Each group were set to 70% (T1) and 72% (T2) during fattening phase and 74% (T3) and 76% (T4) for the finishing phase, respectively.