The effects of concentrate to roughage ratio in the diet on growth performance, carcass traits, and meat quality of housed yaks

Fajie Gou; Yincang Han; Yonggang Sun; Weiqing Ding; Shenwei Jin; Yaqian Liu; Jianyu Chen

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0330834

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The effects of concentrate to roughage ratio in the diet on growth performance, carcass traits, and meat quality of housed yaks

Fajie Gou,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Academy of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Qinghai University, Xining, China, Key Laboratory of Plateau Livestock Genetic Resources Protection and Innovative Utilization of Qinghai Provincial, Xining, China
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Yincang Han ,

Roles Funding acquisition

* E-mail: hyc-99101121@163.com

Affiliations Academy of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Qinghai University, Xining, China, Key Laboratory of Plateau Livestock Genetic Resources Protection and Innovative Utilization of Qinghai Provincial, Xining, China

https://orcid.org/0009-0009-3613-6712

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Yonggang Sun,

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliations Academy of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Qinghai University, Xining, China, Key Laboratory of Plateau Livestock Genetic Resources Protection and Innovative Utilization of Qinghai Provincial, Xining, China
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Weiqing Ding,

Roles Software

Affiliations Academy of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Qinghai University, Xining, China, Key Laboratory of Plateau Livestock Genetic Resources Protection and Innovative Utilization of Qinghai Provincial, Xining, China
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Shenwei Jin,

Roles Software, Validation

Affiliations Academy of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Qinghai University, Xining, China, Key Laboratory of Plateau Livestock Genetic Resources Protection and Innovative Utilization of Qinghai Provincial, Xining, China
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Yaqian Liu,

Roles Visualization

Affiliations Academy of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Qinghai University, Xining, China, Key Laboratory of Plateau Livestock Genetic Resources Protection and Innovative Utilization of Qinghai Provincial, Xining, China
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Jianyu Chen

Roles Software

Affiliations Academy of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Qinghai University, Xining, China, Key Laboratory of Plateau Livestock Genetic Resources Protection and Innovative Utilization of Qinghai Provincial, Xining, China
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The effects of concentrate to roughage ratio in the diet on growth performance, carcass traits, and meat quality of housed yaks

Fajie Gou,
Yincang Han,
Yonggang Sun,
Weiqing Ding,
Shenwei Jin,
Yaqian Liu,
Jianyu Chen

Published: September 11, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0330834

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