Effect of tylosin on ruminal Fusobacterium necrophorum population and fermentation products in cattle fed a high-grain diet

Effect of tylosin on ruminal Fusobacterium necrophorum population and fermentation products in cattle fed a high-grain diet

Nagaraja, T.G.; Wallace, N.; Sun, Y.; Kemp, K.E.; Parrott, J.C.

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Publication Date: 1998

Conference: Cattlemen's Day, 1998, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, March 6, 1998
Starting Page: 53, Ending Page: 55
Publisher: Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service

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Abstract:

Tylosin feeding prevented the increase in Fusobacterium necrophorum population normally associated with the feeding of a high-grain diet. Also, tylosin appeared to moderate the ruminal fermentation during initial adaptation to a high-grain diet.

Keywords: Beef; Tylosin; Fusobacterium necrophorum; High-grain diet

URL for this item: http://hdl.handle.net/2097/4775

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