Effects of grain processing and lipid addition to finishing diets on cattle performance and blood constituents
dc.citation.epage | 13 | en_US |
dc.citation.spage | 10 | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | LaBrune, H.J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Trater, A.M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Pike, J.N. | |
dc.contributor.author | Montgomery, Sean P. | |
dc.contributor.author | Farran, T.B. | |
dc.contributor.author | Sindt, J.J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Drouillard, James S. | |
dc.contributor.authoreid | jdrouill | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-08-04T17:41:52Z | |
dc.date.available | 2010-08-04T17:41:52Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010-08-04T17:41:52Z | |
dc.date.published | 2002 | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Experiments were conducted to evaluate effects of grain processing and lipid source on finishing cattle performance, carcass characteristics, and plasma concentrations of glucose, urea, and α-amino nitrogen (amino acids). Eighty yearling Hereford x Angus steers (847 lb) were fed diets containing either steam-flaked corn or dry-rolled corn, both fed with and without 4% added tallow. In a fifth diet, ground flaxseed (equivalent to 4% lipids) replaced a portion of steam-flaked corn. Diets were fed once daily for 85 days. As expected, cattle fed steam-flaked corn were more efficient than steers fed dry-rolled corn. Adding tallow had little effect on performance. Including flaxseed resulted in performance similar to that with tallow addition. Plasma glucose concentrations measured 2 hours after feeding were higher for steers fed steam-flaked corn than for steers fed dry-rolled corn, and were higher for cattle fed tallow than for those fed no supplemental fat. Steers fed the flax/steam-flaked corn combination had lower plasma glucose concentrations 2 hours after feeding than those fed steam flaked corn with added tallow (P<0.05). Steam flaking corn increased performance and elevated glucose concentrations compared to dry rolling, suggesting that increasing the ruminal degradable starch allowed for a greater supply of substrates for gluconeogenesis. Adding flaxseed resulted in lower levels of plasma glucose after feeding, compared to tallow. | en_US |
dc.description.conference | Cattlemen's Day, 2002, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, March 1, 2002 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2097/4480 | |
dc.publisher | Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service | en_US |
dc.relation.isPartOf | Cattlemen’s Day, 2002 | en_US |
dc.relation.isPartOf | Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 02-318-S | en_US |
dc.relation.isPartOf | Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service); 890 | en_US |
dc.subject | Beef | en_US |
dc.subject | Steam-flaked corn | en_US |
dc.subject | Dry-rolled corn | en_US |
dc.subject | Flax | en_US |
dc.subject | Tallow | en_US |
dc.title | Effects of grain processing and lipid addition to finishing diets on cattle performance and blood constituents | en_US |
dc.type | Conference paper | en_US |