Effect of tylosin on ruminal Fusobacterium necrophorum population and fermentation products in cattle fed a high-grain diet

N. Wallace; Y. Sun; Kenneth E. Kemp; J.C. Parrott; Tiruvoor G. Nagaraja

doi:10.4148/2378-5977.1898

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Effect of tylosin on ruminal Fusobacterium necrophorum population and fermentation products in cattle fed a high-grain diet

Authors

- N. Wallace
- Y. Sun
- Kenneth E. Kemp
- J.C. Parrott
- Tiruvoor G. Nagaraja

Abstract

Tylosin feeding prevented the increase in Fusobacterium necrophorum population normally associated with the feeding of a high-grain diet. Also, tylosin appeared to moderate the ruminal fermentation during initial adaptation to a high-grain diet.

Keywords: Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution, no. 97-309-S, Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service), 804, Cattlemen's Day, 1998, Beef, Tylosin, Fusobacterium necrophorum, High-grain diet

How to Cite: Wallace, N. , Sun, Y. , Kemp, K. E. , Parrott, J. & Nagaraja, T. G. (1998) “Effect of tylosin on ruminal Fusobacterium necrophorum population and fermentation products in cattle fed a high-grain diet”, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports. 1(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.1898