Using a mixture of cottonseed hulls and
cottonseed meal to replace alfalfa hay in
diets for stressed feeder calves

Using a mixture of cottonseed hulls and cottonseed meal to replace alfalfa hay in diets for stressed feeder calves

Blasi, D.A.; Drouillard, J.S.; Farran, T.B.; Hunter, R.D.; Montgomery, S.P.; Sindt, J.J.

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Publication Date: 2001

Conference: Cattlemen's Day, 2001, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, March 2, 2001
Starting Page: 95, Ending Page: 97
Publisher: Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service

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Abstract:

One 28-day receiving experiment was conducted using 625 exotic × British cross heifers to evaluate growth performance and morbidity on receiving diets that contained either alfalfa hay or a pellet composed of 65% cottonseed hulls and 35% cottonseed meal as the roughage source. Heifers fed the cotton byproduct pellet consumed more feed (P<0.01) but tended to be less efficient than those fed alfalfa hay. Daily gain was comparable between diets (P>0.05), and the percentages of heifers diagnosed, treated, or retreated for respiratory disease were similar.

Keywords: Beef; Cottonseed hulls; Receiving cattle; Health

URL for this item: http://hdl.handle.net/2097/4562

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