cattle_nutrition

Programming a Variety of Gains Is Possible by Controlling Intake of a Single High-Energy By-Product-Based Diet Early in the Receiving/Growing Period Without Affecting Efficiency

Authors

• • T. J. Spore
  • Kansas State University
• • S. P. Montgomery
  • Corn Belt Livestock Services, Papillion, NE
• • E. C. Titgemeyer
  • Kansas State University, Manhattan
• • G. A. Hanzlicek
  • Kansas State University, Manhattan
• • Christopher Vahl
  • Kansas State University
• • T. G. Nagaraja
  • Kansas State University, Manhattan
• • W. R. Hollenbeck
  • Kansas State University, Manhattan
• • R. N. Wahl
  • Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
• • Dale Blasi
  • Kansas State University

Abstract

Objective:Analyze the effects on performance when feeding a high-energy by-product-based diet to newly received growing cattle.

Description:A total of 400 Angus × Hereford heifers originating from Montana were used to determine the effects on performance when intake of a high-energy corn by-product-based diet is increased to near ad libitum intake.

The Bottom Line:One high-energy diet based on wet corn gluten feed can be offered to achieve a variety of gains efficiently by only altering the amount of feed offered.

Keywords: Stocker cattle, limit-feeding

How to Cite: Spore, T. J. , Montgomery, S. P. , Titgemeyer, E. C. , Hanzlicek, G. A. , Vahl, C. , Nagaraja, T. G. , Hollenbeck, W. R. , Wahl, R. N. & Blasi, D. (2018) “Programming a Variety of Gains Is Possible by Controlling Intake of a Single High-Energy By-Product-Based Diet Early in the Receiving/Growing Period Without Affecting Efficiency”, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports. 4(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.7540