Effects of supplemental energy and/or degradable intake protein on performance, grazing behavior, intake, digestibility, and fecal and blood indices by beef steers grazed on dormant native tallgrass prairie

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 304-317

  Bodine, T N ^a   Purvis II, H T ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef Cattle; Blood Analysis; Corn; Foraging; Soyabean Oilmeal; Supplement Feeding Programs

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; GLYCINE MAX; MICROPUS; ZEA MAYS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIGESTION; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; PROTEIN INTAKE; RANDOMIZATION; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; CATTLE; DIETARY PROTEINS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DIGESTION; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MALE; POACEAE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0037809332     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2003.811304x     Document Type: Article

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