Effect of Steam-Flaked Sorghum Grain Density on Performance, Mill Production Rate, and Subacute Acidosis in Feedlot Steers

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2852-2857

  Reinhardt, C D ^a,b   Brandt Jr , R T ^a,b   Behnke, K C ^a   Freeman, A S ^a,b   Eck, T P ^a,b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Feed Grains; Flaking; Lactic Acidosis; Roller Mills; Sorghum

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

LACTIC ACID DERIVATIVE; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ACIDOSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CALORIMETRY; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CEREAL; CHEMISTRY; DIET; FOOD HANDLING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; RISK FACTOR; RUMINANT STOMACH; STANDARD;

ACIDOSIS; ANIMALS; CALORIMETRY; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CEREALS; DIET; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FOOD HANDLING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTATES; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RISK FACTORS; RUMEN;

EID: 0031262867     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1997.75112852x     Document Type: Article

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