Using a mixture of cottonseed hulls and cottonseed meal to replace alfalfa hay in diets for stressed feeder calves

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Using a mixture of cottonseed hulls and cottonseed meal to replace alfalfa hay in diets for stressed feeder calves

Farran, T.B.; Hunter, R.D.; Montgomery, Sean P.; Sindt, J.J.; Blasi, Dale A.; Drouillard, James S.
One 28-day receiving experiment was

conducted using 625 exotic × British cross

heifers to evaluate growth performance and

morbidity on receiving diets that contained

either alfalfa hay or a pellet composed of

65% cottonseed hulls and 35% cottonseed

meal as the roughage source. Heifers fed the

cotton byproduct pellet consumed more feed

(P<0.01) but tended to be less efficient than

those fed alfalfa hay. Daily gain was comparable

between diets (P>0.05), and the percentages

of heifers diagnosed, treated, or

retreated for respiratory disease were similar.

Keywords: Beef; Cottonseed hulls; Receiving cattle; Health
Conference: Cattlemen's Day, 2001, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, March 2, 2001
Starting Page: 95, Ending Page: 97
Publisher: Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service
Date: 2001
Conference paper
Record URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2097/4562
 

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