Effects of roughage concentration in steam-flaked corn-based diets containing wet distillers grains with solubles on feedlot cattle performance, carcass characteristics, and in vitro fermentation

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 549-559

  May, M L ^a   Quinn, M J ^a   di Lorenzo, N ^a   Smith, D R ^a   Galyean, M L ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Distillers grains with solubles; Feedlot; In vitro dry matter disappearance

Indexed keywords

BOS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; ZEA MAYS;

HYDROGEN SULFIDE; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; CEREAL; DIETARY FIBER; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KINETICS; MALE; MEAT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; RUMINANT STOMACH; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; CEREALS; DIETARY FIBER; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FEMALE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; KINETICS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEAT; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RUMEN;

EID: 79955834722     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2010-3049     Document Type: Article

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