Effect of pregnancy on forage intake and utilization in spring-calving beef heifers wintered on flint hills range
| dc.citation.epage | 86 | en_US |
| dc.citation.spage | 84 | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Vanzant, E.S. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Cochran, R.C. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2010-11-02T21:41:13Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2010-11-02T21:41:13Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010-11-02 | |
| dc.date.published | 1990 | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Six ruminally and eight bi-fistulated (ruminal and esophageal), 2-yr-old beef heifers were used to study the effects of pregnancy on forage intake and utilization under grazing conditions. During the third trimester of gestation, pregnant heifers ate more (P<.05) forage than nonpregnant heifers and maintained similar (P>.10) levels of organic matter and fiber digestibility. As calving neared, pregnant animals had higher (P<.05) rates of passage and tended to have lower ruminal capacity •(P=.15) and digesta fill (P=.14) than nonpregnant animals. Differences in quality of diet selected by the two groups were minimal. | en_US |
| dc.description.conference | Cattlemen's Day, 1990, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, February, 1990 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2097/6450 | |
| dc.publisher | Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service | en_US |
| dc.relation.isPartOf | Cattlemen’s Day, 1990 | en_US |
| dc.relation.isPartOf | Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 90-361-S | en_US |
| dc.relation.isPartOf | Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service); 592 | en_US |
| dc.subject | Beef | en_US |
| dc.subject | Heifers | en_US |
| dc.subject | Pregnancy | en_US |
| dc.subject | Intake | en_US |
| dc.subject | Digestibility | en_US |
| dc.subject | Winter range | en_US |
| dc.title | Effect of pregnancy on forage intake and utilization in spring-calving beef heifers wintered on flint hills range | en_US |
| dc.type | Conference paper | en_US |
