Using sprinklers to improve performance of heat-stressed feedlot cattle

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Using sprinklers to improve performance of heat-stressed feedlot cattle

Ames, D.R.; Robinson, J.B.; Nichols, David A.
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
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
Date: 1982
Conference paper
Record URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2097/7117
 

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