Effect of supplemental protein:ratio on the intake, digestibility, fill, and turnover of dormant bluestem range-grasses

Effect of supplemental protein:ratio on the intake, digestibility, fill, and turnover of dormant bluestem range-grasses

DelCurto, T.; Cochran, R.C.; Jacques, K.A.; Harmon, D.L.; Towne, G.; Avery, T.B.; Vanzant, E.S.

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Publication Date: 1987

Conference: Cattlemen's Day, 1987, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, March, 1987
Starting Page: 91, Ending Page: 92
Publisher: Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service

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Abstract:

Feeding a low crude protein (12%) supplement depressed dormant bluestem range-grass fiber digestibility, whereas moderate (27%) and high (41 %) protein supplementation maintained forage digestibility and encouraged intake. Increased intake for moderate and high protein groups appeared to be associated with increased rumen dry matter and indigestible fiber fill.

Keywords: Beef; Protein:Energy ratio; Intake; Digestibility; Fill; Bluestem

URL for this item: http://hdl.handle.net/2097/6806

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