Effect of feeding combinations of wet distillers grains and wet corn gluten feed to feedlot cattle

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1061-1072

  Loza, P L ^a   Buckner, C D ^a   Vander Pol, K J ^a   Erickson, G E ^a   Klopfenstein, T J ^a   Stock, R A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b CARGILL INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Corn; Distillers grain; Finishing cattle; Gluten feed

Indexed keywords

GLUTEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; CEREAL; DIET; MAIZE; MALE; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; CEREALS; DIET; GLUTENS; MALE; NUTRITIVE VALUE; ZEA MAYS;

BOS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77649120028     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2009-2190     Document Type: Article

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