Wheat Middlings in High-Concentrate Diets: Feedlot Performance, Carcass Characteristics, Nutrient Digestibilities, Passage Rates, and Ruminai Metabolism in Finishing Steers

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2561-2566

  Dalke, B S ^a,b   Sonon Jr , R N ^a,c   Young, M A ^a   Huck, G L ^a   Kreikemeier, K K ^a   Bolsen, K K ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Grant County Feeders   (United States)

^c VISAYAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Beef Cattle; Digestibility; Growth; Wheat Milling Residues

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

ALFALFA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; DIGESTION; FERMENTATION; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; MALE; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; RUMINANT STOMACH; STANDARD; WEIGHT GAIN; WHEAT;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; CATTLE; DIET; DIGESTION; FERMENTATION; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; NUTRITIVE VALUE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RUMEN; TRITICUM; WEIGHT GAIN; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0031226095     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1997.7592561x     Document Type: Article

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