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Combinations of wet corn gluten feed and steam-flaked corn in finishing cattle diets: effects on acid-resistant E. Coli and coliforms, VFA Profiles and pH

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Finishing beef steers (615 head) were used in a 152-day experiment to evaluate the effects of feeding 80:0, 60:30 or 30:60 ratios (dry basis) of steam-flaked corn and wet corn gluten feed (WCGF, 30WCGF, 60WCGF) on acid-resistant E. coli and coliforms. On days 114 to 118 ruminal and fecal samples were collected from 180 steers and analyzed for pH, VFA, and total and acid-resistant Escherichia coli (E. coli) and coliforms. Ruminal (P=0.13) and fecal (P=0.10) VFA tended to decrease linearly as CGF increased. Consequently, there was a corresponding numerical linear increase in ruminal pH and a significant linear increase in fecal pH (P0.10) by dietary treatment.

Keywords: Cattlemen's Day, 2001, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution, no. 01-318-S, Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service), 873, Beef, E. coli, Food safety, Finishing cattle

How to Cite: Sindt, J. , Thippareddi, H. , Lambert, D. , Farran, T. , Montgomery, S. P. , LaBrune, H. , Higgins, J. J. , Drouillard, J. S. & Phebus, R. K. (2001) “Combinations of wet corn gluten feed and steam-flaked corn in finishing cattle diets: effects on acid-resistant E. Coli and coliforms, VFA Profiles and pH”, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports. 1(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.1721