Soybean hulls in roughage-free diets for limit-fed growing cattle

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dc.contributor.author Löest, C.A.
dc.contributor.author Bindel, D.J.
dc.contributor.author Titgemeyer, Evan C.
dc.contributor.author Drouillard, James S.
dc.contributor.author Blasi, Dale A.
dc.date.accessioned 2010-09-02T20:27:02Z
dc.date.available 2010-09-02T20:27:02Z
dc.date.issued 2010-09-02T20:27:02Z
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2097/4781
dc.description.abstract Three hundred heifers (573 lb initial body weight) were used in a growing study to compare growth performance of cattle fed roughage-free diets comprised mainly of soybean hulls with that of cattle receiving roughage- and corn-based diets and to determine if cattle fed soybean hull-based diets would respond to supplemental methionine hydroxy analogue (MHA; a source of methionine), ruminally protected betaine, or concentrated separator by-product (CSB; a source of betaine). Treatments included 1) a roughage-based diet fed at 2.75% of body weight (ROUGH), 2) a corn-based diet fed at 1.5% of body weight (CORN1.5), 3) a corn- based diet fed at 2.25% of body weight (CORN2.25), 4) a soybean hull-based diet fed at 1.5% of body weight (SH1.5), 5) a soybean hull-based diet fed at 2.25% of body weight (SH2.25), 6) SH1.5 top-dressed with 11.4 g/head daily MHA, 7) SH2.25 top-dressed with 11.4 g/head daily MHA, 8) SH2.25 top-dressed with 7 g/head daily rumenprotected betaine, and 9) SH2.25 top- dressed with 250 g/head daily CSB. Supplemental MHA, betaine, and CSB did not change feed intakes, gains, or feed efficiencies for cattle fed soybean hulls. Heifers fed soyhulls at 2.25% of body weight gained 27% slower (P<.01) than heifers fed the corn-based diet at similar intakes and were 25% less efficient (P<.01). Similar results were observed for cattle fed soybean hulls and corn at 1.5% of body weight. Cattle fed soybean hulls at 2.25% of body weight had gains similar to those of cattle receiving the roughage-based diet at 2.75% of body weight, but feed efficiencies tended to be better (P=0.11) for the cattle receiving soybean hulls because less feed was consumed. The roughage-fed cattle gained 23% less (P<.01) than cattle fed corn at 2.25% of body weight and were 34% less efficient. en_US
dc.publisher Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service en_US
dc.relation.isPartOf Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 97-309-S en_US
dc.relation.isPartOf Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service); 804 en_US
dc.relation.isPartOf Cattlemen's Day, 1998 en_US
dc.subject Beef en_US
dc.subject Soybean hulls en_US
dc.subject Heifers en_US
dc.subject Performance en_US
dc.subject Feedlot en_US
dc.title Soybean hulls in roughage-free diets for limit-fed growing cattle en_US
dc.type Conference paper en_US
dc.date.published 1998 en_US
dc.citation.epage 62 en_US
dc.citation.spage 60 en_US
dc.description.conference Cattlemen's Day, 1998, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, March 6, 1998 en_US
dc.contributor.authoreid etitgeme en_US
dc.contributor.authoreid jdrouill en_US
dc.contributor.authoreid dblasi en_US


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