Performances of Male Ongole Crossbred Cattle on Two Kind of Concentrate with Different Quality

282 J.Indon.Trop.Anim.Agric. 33 [4] December 2008 The study was conducted to investigate performances of male Ongole crossbred cattle on given diet two kind of concentrate with different quality. Ten male Ongole crossbred cattle of 1.5-2 years old at about 253.10+12.34 kg of early body weight, they were divided two treatments, each consisted of five cattles. They were grown in individual pens for three months and fed Napiergrass (Pennisetum purpureum) and various concentrate (20%:80%). At the end of growing period, six cattles were slaughtered, each consisted of three cattles. Parameter observed were average daily gain, feed consumption, feed conversion ratio, percentage of carcass, component of carcass, chemical composition and physical characteristics of Longissimus dorsi and Biceps femoris muscles, feed cost per gain, and income over feed cost were tested by t-test. The results indicated that the concentrate various gave significant differences (P