Influence of implanting grazing steers with Ralgro® or Synovex-S® followed by Synovex® Plus™ or a Ralgro®/Synovex® Plus™ reimplant program in the feedlot on pasture/finishing performance and carcass merit

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dc.contributor.author Fankhauser, T.R.
dc.contributor.author Kuhl, Gerry L.
dc.contributor.author Simms, D.D.
dc.contributor.author Stokka, Gerald L.
dc.contributor.author Drouillard, James S.
dc.contributor.author Blasi, Dale A.
dc.date.accessioned 2010-09-02T21:06:57Z
dc.date.available 2010-09-02T21:06:57Z
dc.date.issued 2010-09-02T21:06:57Z
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2097/4809
dc.description.abstract In an 84-day pasture/132-day finishing study using 480 crossbred steers (675 lb), Ralgro® increased (P<.05) pasture gains 9.3% compared to nonimplanted controls. Gains of Synovex-S®-implanted steers were intermediate. Pasture treatments were split into two finishing-phase implant treatments: Synovex® Plus™ or initial Ralgro with a Synovex Plus reimplant on day 56. No interactions occurred between pasture and finishing implants with respect to finishing performance or carcass traits. Steers on the Synovex Plus treatment gained 11.7% faster and 7.9% more efficiently (P<.01) during the first 56 days of the finishing phase than the Ralgro-implanted steers. However , when those steers were reimplanted with Synovex Plus, they gained 22.2% faster and 21.1% more efficiently (P<.01) during the last 76 days. Over the entire 132-day finishing phase, the feedlot reimplant program improved rate (4.0%; P<.06) and efficiency (7.5%; P<.01) of gain compared to Synovex Plus alone. Overall , gains and intakes during the finishing phase were similar for all pasture implant treatments. However, control pasture steers were 4.5% more efficient (P<.08) than Ralgro and Synovex steers during the finishing phase. Neither pasture or finishing implant treatment influenced carcass traits. This study indicates that implanting during grazing may reduce feed efficiency during the finishing phase, especially when a feedlot reimplant program is not used. However, this finding disagrees with several previous research studies where pasture implantation had no effect on feedlot performance. en_US
dc.publisher Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service en_US
dc.relation.isPartOf Cattlemen’s Day, 1997 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); 783 en_US
dc.subject Beef en_US
dc.subject Ralgro en_US
dc.subject Synovex en_US
dc.subject Synovex Plus en_US
dc.subject Pasture en_US
dc.subject Finishing en_US
dc.subject Carcass en_US
dc.subject Implants en_US
dc.title Influence of implanting grazing steers with Ralgro® or Synovex-S® followed by Synovex® Plus™ or a Ralgro®/Synovex® Plus™ reimplant program in the feedlot on pasture/finishing performance and carcass merit en_US
dc.type Conference paper en_US
dc.date.published 1997 en_US
dc.citation.epage 43 en_US
dc.citation.spage 39 en_US
dc.description.conference Cattlemen's Day, 1997, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, March 7, 1997 en_US
dc.contributor.authoreid jdrouill en_US
dc.contributor.authoreid dblasi en_US


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