Wheat distillers grains in feedlot cattle diets: Feeding behavior, growth performance, carcass characteristics, and blood metabolites

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1301-1310

  Yang, W Z ^a   Li, Y L ^b   McAllister, T A ^a   McKinnon, J J ^c   Beauchemin, K A ^a  

^a LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Eating behavior; Growth performance; Intake; Wheat dried distillers grains with solubles

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; DIET; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HORDEUM; MALE; MEAT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SILAGE; STANDARD; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; WHEAT;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; CATTLE; DIET; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HORDEUM; MALE; MEAT; SILAGE; TRITICUM;

EID: 84863250277     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2011-4372     Document Type: Article

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