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A COMPARISON of the productivity and efficiency of Bos taurus and Bos indicus cattle in an environment intermediate to those in which the two species developed was carried out over a 3-year period and reported in 1963 by Howes et al.1. Using these data it is possible to correlate and regress the apparent digestive coefficients with nutrient intakes (Table 1) for the two bovine species.
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HOWES, J., HENTGES, J. Comparative Digestive Capacities of Bos taurus and Bos indicus Cattle as affected by Intake of Feed. Nature 203, 784 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/203784a0
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