Evaluation of triticale dried distillers grains with solubles as a substitute for barley grain and barley silage in feedlot finishing diets

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3018-3029

  Wierenga, K T ^a   McAllister, T A ^b   Gibb, D J ^b   Chaves, A V ^c   Okine, E K ^a   Beauchemin, K A ^b   Oba, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acidosis; Barley silage; Dried distillers grains with solubles; Eating behavior; Feedlot finishing diet; Forage substitution

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BARLEY; BODY FLUID; CATTLE; CEREAL; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MALE; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RUMINANT STOMACH; SILAGE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BODY FLUIDS; CATTLE; CEREALS; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HORDEUM; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; RUMEN; SILAGE;

ANIMALIA; HORDEUM; TRITICOSECALE;

EID: 77955988747     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2009-2703     Document Type: Article

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