Value of sprinkling feedlot cattle during heat

Ames, D.R.; Willms, C.

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Value of sprinkling feedlot cattle during heat

Ames, D.R.; Willms, C.

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

Conference: Cattlemen's Day, 1977, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, March 4, 1977
Starting Page: 76, Ending Page: 77
Publisher: Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station

Date: 1977

Conference paper

Record URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2097/7915

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