کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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2454440 | 1110390 | 2009 | 9 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Use of Dried Distillers Grains in Preconditioning Programs for Weaned Beef Calves and Subsequent Impact on Wheat Pasture, Feedlot, and Carcass Performance1
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کلمات کلیدی
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری
علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک
علوم دامی و جانورشناسی
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چکیده انگلیسی
To evaluate the effects of feeding increasing levels of dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS) during preconditioning, weaned steer (n = 64) and heifer (n = 64) calves were stratified by BW and allotted to receiving pens for a randomized complete block design. Dietary treatments included DDGS at 0.30, 0.75, 1.20, or 1.65% of mean pen BW. Throughout 56 d, prairie hay (4.8% CP, 68.8% NDF) was fed ad libitum, and refusals were measured weekly. After 56 d, steer calves grazed wheat pasture before entering the feedlot; heifers were placed in the feedlot. Calves readily consumed DDGS at all levels fed. As DDGS level increased, ADG increased quadratically (P < 0.01), hay intake decreased linearly (P < 0.01) and G:F improved quadratically (P < 0.01). Wheat pasture ADG was greatest for steers fed the lowest DDGS level (P < 0.01) and decreased linearly across treatments (P < 0.01). For steers, hot carcass weight and marbling score increased numerically (linear, P = 0.13; linear, P = 0.12, respectively) with increasing DDGS during preconditioning. Other measured carcass characteristics were not influenced by DDGS level for steers or heifers (P > 0.20). Optimal G:F was estimated at 1.5 and 1.36% DDGS feeding for steers and heifers, respectively. At 1.65% of BW, visual symptoms of polioencephalomalacia were not observed. We suggest a maximum DDGS feeding rate of 1.25% of BW for growing calves consuming native tall grass prairie hay as long as maximum dietary sulfur concentrations are not exceeded.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: The Professional Animal Scientist - Volume 25, Issue 6, December 2009, Pages 722-730
Journal: The Professional Animal Scientist - Volume 25, Issue 6, December 2009, Pages 722-730
نویسندگان
S.J. Winterholler, B.P. PAS, C.P. McMurphy, C.R. PAS, G.W. PAS, D.L. PAS,