Using sprinklers to improve performance
of heat-stressed feedlot cattle

Using sprinklers to improve performance of heat-stressed feedlot cattle

Nichols, D.A.; Ames, D.R.; Robinson, J.B.

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Publication Date: 1982

Conference: Cattlemen's Day, 1982, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, March 5, 1982
Starting Page: 50, Ending Page: 51
Publisher: Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station

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Abstract:

During a 56-day test, four pens of finishing cattle were sprinkled when dry-bulb temperatures exceeded 80 F. The performance of the cattle was compared with that of cattle in pens not sprinkled. Cattle in sprinkled pens gained faster (2.83 vs 2.44 lbs per day, P<.05) and more efficiently (4.45 vs 5.20 lbs feed per lb gain) than did those in the nonsprinkled. Feed intakes of all cattle were similar.

Keywords: Beef; Performance; Heat-stress; Feedlot

URL for this item: http://hdl.handle.net/2097/7117

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