Value of sprinkling feedlot cattle during heat
Date
2011-03-04
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Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station
Abstract
Four lots of growing-finishing cattle were sprinkled when dry bulb temperature exceeded 80 F the summer of 1976 and compared with lots not sprinkled. Sprinkled lots gained significantly (P<.01) more (1.20 kg per day compared with 1.04) (2.64 vs. 2.29 lbs.) than controls. Sprinkling also improved feed efficiency (F/G).
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What's Ahead for Cattlemen? is known as Cattlemen’s Day, 1977
Keywords
Beef, Sprinkling cattle, Feed efficiency, Gain
