Corn or sorghum wet distillers grains with solubles in combination with steam-flaked corn: Feedlot cattle performance, carcass characteristics, and apparent total tract digestibility

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2433-2444

  May, M L ^a   DeClerck, J C ^a   Quinn, M J ^a   DiLorenzo, N ^a   Leibovich, J ^a   Smith, D R ^a   Hales, K E ^a   Galyean, M L ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Digestibility; Distillers grains with solubles; Feedlot

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; CEREAL; DIET; DIGESTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; MALE; MEAT; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PHYSIOLOGY; SORGHUM; STANDARD; BOVINE; STANDARDS; VETERINARY;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; CEREALS; DIET; DIGESTION; MALE; MEAT; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SORGHUM; ZEA MAYS;

BOS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77953750661     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2009-2487     Document Type: Article

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