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The study was conducted to determine the effects of fermented cashew apple in the diet of growing Brahman beef cattle. A total of 60 heads were used in a completely randomized design for 5 treatments in 3 replications with 4 heads per replicate for each treatment (T). Beef cattles were fed with fermented cashew apple diets, as following: T1: 100% cashew apple; T2: 70% cashew apple + 30% rice bran; T3: 75% cashew apple + 25% dried straw; T4: 75% cashew apple + 25% dried corn stovers (plant); T4: 75% cashew apple + 25% dried cassava residue. The experiment was carried out at Ruminant Research and Development Center-Institute of Animal Sciences for Southern Vietnam, from January to December in 2020. The results showed that supplementing the fermented cashew apple with all substrates analysed including with rice bran, dried straw, dried corn stovers or dried cassava residue was likely as a good alternative feed source for growing beef cattle. The most economical diets were to utilize the fermented cashew apple with dried straw or dried corn stovers.
