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GB/T 47364-2026Nutrient requirements of beef cattle (English PDF)

肉牛营养需要量

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SAMR; SAC

Level / Type

National · Recommended

Issue date

March 31, 2026

Implementation date

October 1, 2026

Scope

GB/T 47364-2026 is the English-translated version of 肉牛营养需要量.

GB/T 47364-2026 is the Chinese standard "Nutrient requirements of beef cattle". Its scope clause reads: This document specifies the nutritional requirements for small, medium, and large-sized beef cattle.

This document is applicable to guide feed companies and various types of farms (households) in the formulation, feeding management, and nutritional assessment of beef cattle rations. Its clauses include terms and definitions.

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National Standard of the People's Republic of China

ICS: 65.020.30
Classification: B 43

Issued by: State Administration for Market Regulation; Standardization Administration of the PRC

Preface
1.Scope
2 Normative References
3.Terms and Definitions
4.Nutritional requirements for small-sized beef cattle
5.Nutritional requirements for medium-sized beef cattle
6.Nutritional requirements for large-scale beef cattle
7.Table 3.Common Feed Ingredients and Nutritional Values for Beef Cattle
Appendix A (Informative) Table 30.Composition and Nutritional Value of Commonly Used Beef Cattle Feed Ingredients
Appendix B (Informative) Commonly Used Feed Additives and Nutritional Components for Beef Cattle
References

1 Scope

This document specifies the nutritional requirements for small, medium, and large-sized beef cattle.

This document is applicable to guide feed companies and various types of farms (households) in the formulation, feeding management, and nutritional assessment of beef cattle rations.

2 Normative references

The contents of the following documents, through normative references within the text, constitute essential provisions of this document. Dated citations are not included.

For references to documents, only the version corresponding to that date applies to this document; for undated references, the latest version (including all amendments) applies.

This document.

GB/T 10647 Terminology for the Feed Industry

3 Terms and Definitions

The terms and definitions defined in GB/T 10647 and the following terms and definitions apply to this document.

3.1 Nutrient requirements

The minimum amount of nutrients required by an animal to maintain normal physiological functions, physical health, and achieve specific production performance.

[Source. GB/T 10647-2008, 2.23, with modifications]

3.2 Small frame-type beef cattle

Cows with a mature weight of 300 kg or less, and bulls with a mature weight of 450 kg or less.

Note 1.Mature weight refers to the weight of an infant at 48 months of age and above.

Note 2.Representative breeds include Jinjiang cattle, Leiqiong cattle, Wuling cattle, Wenshan cattle, and their hybrids.

3.3 medium-frame type beef cattle

Cows with a mature weight of 300kg~550kg, and bulls with a mature weight of 450kg~780kg.

Note 1.Mature weight refers to the weight of an infant at 48 months of age and above.

Note 2.Representative breeds include Qinchuan cattle, Yanbian cattle, Nanyang cattle, Yunling cattle, Angus cattle, Hereford cattle and their crossbreeds, etc.

3.4 Large-frame type beef cattle

Cows with a mature weight greater than 550 kg and bulls with a mature weight greater than 780 kg.

Note 1.Mature weight refers to the weight of an infant at 48 months of age and above.

Note 2.Representative breeds include Chinese Simmental, Huaxi, Xianan, Limousin, Charolais, Belgian Blue and their crossbreeds.

3.5 calf

Cattle from birth to 6 months of age.

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Referenced standards

Normative references

GB/T 10647Feed industry terms

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