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Effect Of Dietary Distillers Dried Grains With Solubles Ddgs And Pig Removal Strategy At Harvest On The Growth Performance Carcass Characteristics And Fat Quality Of Growing Finishing Pigs
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Book Synopsis Effect of Dietary Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles (DDGS) and Pig Removal Strategy at Harvest on the Growth Performance, Carcass Characteristics, and Fat Quality of Growing-finishing Pigs by :
Download or read book Effect of Dietary Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles (DDGS) and Pig Removal Strategy at Harvest on the Growth Performance, Carcass Characteristics, and Fat Quality of Growing-finishing Pigs written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Influence of Feeding Diets Containing Corn Dried Distillers Grains with Solubles (DDGS) to Grower-finisher Pigs on Growth Performance, Carcass and Pork Quality by : Guowu Xu
Download or read book The Influence of Feeding Diets Containing Corn Dried Distillers Grains with Solubles (DDGS) to Grower-finisher Pigs on Growth Performance, Carcass and Pork Quality written by Guowu Xu and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Effects of Low-, Medium-, and High-oil Dried Distillers Grains with Solubles (DDGS) on Growth Performance, Nutrient Digestibility, and Fat Quality in Finishing Pigs by : Amanda Brooke Graham
Download or read book The Effects of Low-, Medium-, and High-oil Dried Distillers Grains with Solubles (DDGS) on Growth Performance, Nutrient Digestibility, and Fat Quality in Finishing Pigs written by Amanda Brooke Graham and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three experiments used 1,756 pigs to evaluate the effects of corn dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS) varying in oil content on growth performance, carcass characteristics, and fat quality in growing-finishing pigs. A fourth experiment used 12 pigs and determined the energy concentration and nutrient digestibility of the DDGS sources used in the previous 3 growth studies. Lastly, a fifth experiment used 576 pigs to determine the effects of DDGS and wheat middlings (midds) withdrawal 24 d before harvest in diets without or with ractopamine HCl (RAC) on growth performance, carcass characteristics, fat quality, and organ/intestine weights. Experiment 1 determined that increasing 7.4% oil DDGS decreased (linear, P
Book Synopsis Effects of Pelleting Growing-finishing Diets with Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles (DDGS) on Growth Performance, Carcass Characteristics, and Commercial Bacon Slicing Yields of Barrows and Gilts by : Martin F. Overholt
Download or read book Effects of Pelleting Growing-finishing Diets with Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles (DDGS) on Growth Performance, Carcass Characteristics, and Commercial Bacon Slicing Yields of Barrows and Gilts written by Martin F. Overholt and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Effects of Floor Space and Removal of Corn Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles on Heavy Weight Pig Performance by : Anne Bonner Lerner
Download or read book Effects of Floor Space and Removal of Corn Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles on Heavy Weight Pig Performance written by Anne Bonner Lerner and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation is comprised of 5 chapters consisting of a study evaluating space allowance and marketing strategies for pigs raised to 160 kg, three experiments evaluating the impact of removing corn distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) from finishing pig diets, four studies evaluating the use of medium chain fatty acids (MCFA) as a mitigation strategy for porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV), and development of a swine-specific undergraduate research program. In Chapter 1, four treatments were evaluated with decreasing space allowance from 1.17 to 0.71 m2/pig with only one final marketing event, plus two treatments with restricted space allowance and four or three marketing events. Increasing space allowance via increased initial pen inventory increased average daily gain (ADG), decreased average daily feed intake (ADFI), and reduced feed efficiency (G:F). Marketing pigs 3 or 4 times improved G:F compared with to the similar treatment with only one marketing event but resulted in similar weight marketed per pen. In chapter 2, pigs were switched from diets containing corn DDGS to corn- and soybean-meal based diets (CSBM) starting at 76 d prior to market. As time consuming CSBM increased, ADG and final BW increased and G:F improved. Average daily feed intake decreased with increasing time after dietary switch to CSBM. Hot carcass weight increased and iodine value decreased with increasing time after DDGS removal from diets. Chapter 3 also evaluated the removal of corn DDGS from finishing pig diets but utilized two seasonal marketing strategies. Regardless of marketing strategy, switching pigs from DDGS to CSBM resulted in increased carcass yield and decreased iodine value, yet live growth performance was marginally impacted. In chapter 4, four experiments were conducted to evaluate the efficacy of applying MCFA to swine feed on detection and infectivity of PEDV. Applying chemical mitigants both prior to and post-PEDV inoculation was effective at reducing PEDV detection via quantitative real time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). When tested individually and in combination and applied before viral inoculation, caproic and caprylic acid appeared to provide the greatest reduction of detectable genetic material. The addition of a 1:1:1 blend of C6:C8:C10 at 0.5% and 0.3% C8 prevented infection in in vivo bioassay. Lastly, chapter 5 presents a model to develop a species-specific undergraduate research program in the context of a swine nutrition program that is currently in use at Kansas State University. This program utilizes both graduate students and faculty to provide mentorship and has several project types that vary in level of student involvement. The program is designed to provide a comprehensive research experience, with an emphasis on including the student in pre- and post-trial activities beyond data collection. A majority of students that complete the undergraduate research program enter graduate or veterinary degree programs upon completion of their undergraduate work and cite undergraduate research as a critical step in their career selection process and professional development.
Book Synopsis Evaluation of the Effects of Branched Chain Amino Acids and Corn-distillers Dried Grains By-products on the Growth Performance, Carcass and Meat Quality Characteristics of Pigs by : Alvaro Rojo Gomez
Download or read book Evaluation of the Effects of Branched Chain Amino Acids and Corn-distillers Dried Grains By-products on the Growth Performance, Carcass and Meat Quality Characteristics of Pigs written by Alvaro Rojo Gomez and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies were conducted to evaluate the effects of corn byproducts high-protein died distillers grain (HP-DDG), and dried distillers grain with solubles (DDGS), and branched chain amino acids (BCAA) on the growth performance and meat quality of pigs. The first study evaluated the combined effect of dietary level of DDGS and HP-DDG on the growth performance of wean-finish pigs and carcass and pork quality characteristics. This study demonstrated that DDGS can be included at up to 30% in diets (without HP-DDG) without compromising growth performance of wean-to-finish pigs. However, growth performance was increasingly compromised at higher inclusion levels of both co-products and belly firmness was negatively affected by increasing levels of both DDGS and HP-DDG. A second experiment was designed to define the minimum CP level and whether non-essential amino acids become limiting in low crude protein diets for late finishing pigs. The results of this study demonstrated that late finishing pigs can be fed diets with 9.76% crude protein level supplemented with 0.32 % L-Lys HCL and other essential amino acids without affecting growth rate and that non-essential amino acids were not limiting in the low crude protein diets evaluated. A third study was designed to recreate the negative effects on growth performance of feeding diets with 30% HP-DDG inclusion level and to test if the negative effect of feeding high HP-DDG levels on growth performance can be reproduced by adding excess branched chain amino acids (leucine, isoleucine, and valine) to standard corn-soybean meal based diet. The results show that the reduction in the growth rates of growing pigs fed diets with 30% HP-DDG inclusion levels may be due to the dietary excesses of leucine present in diets with HP-DDG at 30% inclusion levels. The same effect was not present in finishing pigs. In general, growth performance and belly quality are compromised at higher inclusion levels of both HP-DDG and DDGS. The results of the last studies indicate that leucine level may play an important role on the reduction of the growth performance of pigs fed 30% HP-DDG inclusion levels.
Book Synopsis The Effects of Crude Glycerol, Dried Distillers Grains with Solubles, Ractopamine HCl, NutriDense Corn, and Feeder Adjustment on Growing and Finishing Pig Performance by : Alan William Duttlinger
Download or read book The Effects of Crude Glycerol, Dried Distillers Grains with Solubles, Ractopamine HCl, NutriDense Corn, and Feeder Adjustment on Growing and Finishing Pig Performance written by Alan William Duttlinger and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A total of 6,858 pigs were used in 6 experiments to evaluate the effects of crude glycerol, dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS), Ractopamine HCl (RAC), NutriDense corn, and feeder adjustment on growing and finishing pig performance. In Exp. 1, pigs were fed diets with 0, 2.5, or 5% crude glycerol with 0 or 20% DDGS. Adding DDGS increased ADFI and decreased G:F with no differences for pigs fed glycerol. Neither glycerol nor DDGS affected any carcass characteristics. Pigs fed DDGS had increased iodine value in carcass fat. In Exp. 2, pigs were fed diets with 0 or 5% glycerol with 0 or 7.5 ppm RAC. Feeding RAC increased ADG and G:F and decreased ADFI while glycerol tended to improve G:F. Ractopamine HCl improved carcass traits. Loin chop drip loss worsened when glycerol and RAC were added separately, however, drip loss decreased when the combination of both were fed. Glycerol did not affect loin characteristics. Neither RAC nor glycerol influenced iodine value of carcass fat. Exp. 3 and 4 were conducted to determine the 4th limiting amino acid in diets containing NutriDense corn. In Exp. 3, pigs fed the positive control and the diet with added Ile, Trp, and Val (in combination) had greater ADG. Pigs fed added Ile or Trp had greater ADG than pigs fed the negative control indicates these amino acids were co-4th limiting for 37 to 59 kg pigs. In Exp. 4, pigs fed the positive control, added Trp, or the combination of added Ile, Trp and Val had greater ADG then pigs fed the negative control or pigs fed either Ile or Val indicates these amino acids were co-4th limiting for 77 to 100 kg pigs. Exp. 5 and 6 evaluated feeder adjustment on growth performance of finishing pigs. In Exp. 5, reducing feeder opening decreased ADFI. In Exp. 6, pigs were fed at three feeder opening and either a corn-soybean meal or byproduct-based diet. Diet type did not affect pig performance. Widening feeder openings increased ADG and ADFI. Feeder setting tended to influence G:F with the best G:F at the intermediate opening.
Book Synopsis Impact on Performance and Carcass Characteristics when Replacing Soybean Meal with Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles and Crystalline Amino Acids in Diets of Growing and Finishing Pigs by : Brooke Elizabeth Anderson
Download or read book Impact on Performance and Carcass Characteristics when Replacing Soybean Meal with Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles and Crystalline Amino Acids in Diets of Growing and Finishing Pigs written by Brooke Elizabeth Anderson and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Utilization of Distiller's Dried Grains with Solubles in Swine Diets by : Scott Matthew Williams
Download or read book Utilization of Distiller's Dried Grains with Solubles in Swine Diets written by Scott Matthew Williams and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six experiments were completed to determine factors influencing the use of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) in diets for nursery and finishing pigs. In Exp. 1, 105 nursery pigs were fed corn-soybean meal (SBM) based diets with CP concentrations of 22.5, 25, and 27.5%. Overall ADG, ADFI, and G:F were not affected by increasing CP (P> 0.19). In Exp. 2, 105 nursery pigs were fed excess CP from SBM and DDGS. Overall ADG, ADFI, and G:F for pigs fed the control diet were not different from those fed the high CP treatments (P> 0.12). However, pigs fed the DDGS treatment had lower G:F than pigs fed the corn-soy diet with similar CP content (P 0.04). For Exp. 3, 176 finishing pigs were fed diets with CP concentrations increasing from 12 to 18%. Increasing CP had no effect (P 0.20) on ADG, ADFI, G:F, and hot carcass weight (HCW). For Exp. 4, 180 finishing pigs were fed excess dietary CP from SBM and DDGS. Pigs fed diets with high CP had lower ADG, ADFI, and HCW, but these results were caused by the diet with 40% DDGS (SBM vs DDGS, P 0.001). For Exp. 5, 224 nursery pigs were used to determine the effects of extrusion processing on the nutritional value of DDGS. Overall ADG and ADFI were greater for pigs fed the corn-soy control compared to the DDGS treatments (P
Book Synopsis Impact of Zymannase on Growth Performance, Carcass Characteristics, Fat Quality and Processed Meats in Finishing Barrow Fed 30% Dried Distiller's Grains with Solubles by : Michael Singer
Download or read book Impact of Zymannase on Growth Performance, Carcass Characteristics, Fat Quality and Processed Meats in Finishing Barrow Fed 30% Dried Distiller's Grains with Solubles written by Michael Singer and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As ethanol production continues to increase, so does the use of dried distiller's grains with solubles (DDGS) in swine diets. The effects of high concentrations of DDGS on growing/finishing pigs has caused problems with growth performance, carcass characteristics, fat quality, and processed meats. This is due to the high fiber content and elevated levels of unsaturated fats in of the diet. Since DDGS fiber is a complex carbohydrate pigs cannot digest, the use of carbohydrases to improve growth performance is reasonable. Carbohydrase enzymes may be able to help improve fat quality, however the effect of carbohydrase enzymes on fat quality has not been thoroughly researched and the effect on processed pork products has not been examined. Therefore, the objective of these experiments was to evaluate the effects of two carbohydrase enzymes on growth performance, carcass traits and quality, fat quality, and two types of processed pork products (fresh bratwurst and ring bologna) from pigs fed a diet containing 30% DDGS. Pigs were fed a one of two corn/soybean meal/DDGS diets, the only difference being the enzyme group received a combination of two carboghydrase enzymes at the expense of corn. While the pigws were alive growth performance was documented. After the pigs were humanely slaughtered, carcass traits and quality where documented. There was no effect of enzymes on any growth performance or carcass values recorded except for a slight change in the color of the loin. There was no effect of diet on the fat quality. There was a minimal effect on the ring bologna. The biggest influence of enzyme was on the bratwurst. Enzymes had a negative effect on bratwurst quality over time on some qualities. However, other qualities of the bratwursts were positively affected. These results suggest carbohydrase enzymes in a diet containing 30% DDGS does not significantly affect growth performance or carcass characteristics of growing/finishing barrows. However, they do indicate that more research is needed to better understand the effect of carbohydrase enzymes on fat quality and more importantly, processed pork quality.
Book Synopsis The Effects of Feeding Dry Distiller's Grains with Solubles on Ruminal Metabolism, Growth Performance, and Carcass Traits of Feedlot Cattle by :
Download or read book The Effects of Feeding Dry Distiller's Grains with Solubles on Ruminal Metabolism, Growth Performance, and Carcass Traits of Feedlot Cattle written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three trials were conducted using dried distiller's grains with solubles (DDGS) to evaluate effects on feedlot performance, carcass characteristics, ruminal fermentation, and diet digestibility in cattle fed steam-flaked corn-based diets. In trial 1, crossbred yearling heifers were used in a finishing trial to evaluate interactions between corn-DDGS feeding levels and roughage source (alfalfa hay vs corn silage) in terms of impact on feedlot performance and carcass characteristics. Experimental diets were based on steam-flaked corn and contained 0% DDGS with 6% alfalfa hay (AH), 0% DDGS with 10% corn silage (CS), 25% DDGS with 6% AH, or 25% DDGS with 10% CS (DM basis). Results indicated no interaction between levels of DDGS and roughage source. Heifers fed DDGS as a partial replacement for steam-flaked corn had similar growth performance and carcass merit compared to heifers fed diets without DDGS. Corn silage and alfalfa hay were comparable roughages when a portion of steam-flaked corn was replaced with DDGS. The second trial was a companion metabolism study in which ruminal fermentation characteristics and diet digestibility were examined in 12 cannulated Holstein steers fed steam-flaked corn finishing diets with or without DDGS, using alfalfa hay or corn silage as roughage sources. Diets were similar to those fed in the performance study and consisted of steam-flaked corn with 0 or 25% DDGS (DM basis) and 6% AH or 10% CS (DM basis). Feeding DDGS decreased ruminal pH and ruminal ammonia concentrations, and digestion of DM and OM were less compared to diets without DDGS. The decrease in digestibility was largely attributable to poorer digestion of CP and, to a lesser extent, a reduction in starch digestion. The third study was designed to investigate effects of pH (5.0, 5.5, and 6.0) on in vitro fermentative activity by ruminal microorganisms from cattle adapted to a finishing diet containing 25% DDGS (DM basis). Higher pH led to greater dry matter disappearance in vitro (P
Book Synopsis Feed efficiency in swine by : John F. Patience
Download or read book Feed efficiency in swine written by John F. Patience and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-10-15 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Feed efficiency in swine' has been prepared as a comprehensive treatise on the current state of our understanding of this topic which is so important to the pork industry. Each chapter is written by international authorities who understand both the science and application of their topic area. The book provides detailed insight into the many factors affecting feed efficiency, ranging from diet processing to herd health, from nutrition to physiology and from day-to-day barn management to the adoption of advanced technologies. The authors explain such practical aspects as the challenge of interpreting feed efficiency information obtained on farm or the role of liquid feeding. The authors also delve into more scientific topics such as amino acid or energy metabolism or animal physiology. This book is written for people who have a technical interest in pork production, including nutritionists, geneticists, farm management specialists, veterinarians, other academics and, of course, pork producers.
Book Synopsis Effects of Drying Distillers Grains Plus Solubles on Feedlot Cattle Performance and Nutrient Digestibility by : Brandon L. Nuttelman
Download or read book Effects of Drying Distillers Grains Plus Solubles on Feedlot Cattle Performance and Nutrient Digestibility written by Brandon L. Nuttelman and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All dry milling ethanol plants produce wet distillers grains (WDG) and distillers solubles (DS). Depending on the plant, WDG and DS will be combined to produce wet distillers grains plus solubles (WDGS). Some plants will partially dry WDGS and market modified distillers grains plus solubles (MDGS), or other plants will completely dry WDGS to produce dried distillers grains plus solubles (DDGS). These products have been shown to contain greater feeding values than the corn it replaces in finishing diets. However, as drying intensity of distillers grains plus solubles (DGS) increases, the feeding value relative to corn decreases. Three finishing experiments and two metabolism experiments were conducted to evaluate the effect drying WDGS has on finishing cattle performance and carcass characteristics and the effects on nutrient digestibility. Diets containing DGS had greater ADG and were more efficient than the corn-based control. As a result, cattle fed DGS had heavier HCW and greater 12th rib fat thickness at harvest. Using the G:F values, all types of DGS regardless of moisture content had greater feeding values than the corn it replaced. Additionally, WDGS had greater feeding values than MDGS and DDGS, and MDGS had a greater feeding value than DDGS. Although not significant, diets containing WDGS had numerically greater NDF digestibility than diets containing DDGS. Organic matter digestibility was improved for WDGS compared to DDGS. Completely and partially drying WDGS reduces the feeding value in finishing diets and reduces OM digestibility.
Book Synopsis Feeding Increasing Levels of Reduced-oil Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles from Two Ethanol Fermentation Methods Impacts Finishing Pig Growth Performance and Belly Quality by : Austin Egolf
Download or read book Feeding Increasing Levels of Reduced-oil Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles from Two Ethanol Fermentation Methods Impacts Finishing Pig Growth Performance and Belly Quality written by Austin Egolf and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Effects of Dried Distillers Grains with Solubles on Pork Loin Quality and Sow Fat Quality by : Amanda Nicole Gipe
Download or read book Effects of Dried Distillers Grains with Solubles on Pork Loin Quality and Sow Fat Quality written by Amanda Nicole Gipe and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two experiments were conducted to determine the effects of dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS) on pork loin and fat quality. In the first experiment, 1,160 barrows (PIC) were used in a 70-d study to determine the influence of DDGS and glycerol on pork loin and fat quality attributes. Barrows were fed a corn-soybean meal based diet with the addition of selected levels of DDGS (0 or 20%) and glycerol (0, 2.5, or 5%) feed stuffs. Loins from the two heaviest pigs in each pen were removed for evaluation of pork loin and fat quality. Experiment two was a pilot study, in which eight non-pregnant sows were fed either 0 or 50% DDGS with a corn soybean meal based diet for 92-d. In the first experiment, there were no DDGS x glycerol interactions for purge loss %, instrumental color (L*a*b*), visual color, marbling score, drip loss %, visual color, pH, Warner-Bratzler shear force (WBSF), cook loss %, myofibrillar tenderness, juiciness, pork flavor intensity, connective tissue amount, and overall tenderness. There was a DDGS x glycerol interaction (P0.03) for off-flavor intensity. Pigs fed diets with 20% DDGS had higher WBSF values, lower myofibrillar tenderness, lower overall tenderness scores, lower connective tissue scores, and had more off-flavors (P0.05). Loin fatty acid analysis revealed an increase in palmitoleic, linoleic, and eicosadienoic acids (P
Book Synopsis Impact of Distillers Removal and Impact of Lowering Inclusions of Distillers Grains Plus Solubles and Different Roughage Quality on Finishing Cattle Performance by : Sofia Suarez-Lorences
Download or read book Impact of Distillers Removal and Impact of Lowering Inclusions of Distillers Grains Plus Solubles and Different Roughage Quality on Finishing Cattle Performance written by Sofia Suarez-Lorences and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A feedlot trial (Exp. 1) was conducted to evaluate the impact of removing modified distillers grains plus solubles (MDGS) on performance and carcass characteristics. Cattle with MDGS removed on either d 79 or d 43 had reduced final BW, DMI, and ADG. Cattle with MDGS removed on d 43 were 5% less efficient than cattle fed 20% MDGS throughout the entire 124-d feeding period. Cattle fed 20% MDGS throughout the whole feeding had the greatest HCW and LM area. There were no differences in backfat and marbling scores among treatments, and no differences in percent of abscessed livers. In conclusion, removing MDGS from finishing diets had a negative impact on cattle performance compared with feeding 20% MDGS continuously throughout the entire finishing period. In addition, another feedlot trial (Exp.2) and a metabolism trial (Exp.3) were conducted to evaluate the effect of 0%, 15%, or decreasing inclusions (30-15-0%) of MDGS with high- or low-quality roughage on ruminal pH, rumination behavior, and finishing cattle performance, and carcass characteristics. In Exp. 2 there was an interaction between roughage source and MDGS inclusion observed for DMI. No other significant interactions were observed. Cattle fed the diet with 0% MDGS inclusion had reduced HCW, DMI, ADG and 12th rib fat thickness, and poorer G:F compared to cattle fed diets containing MDGS. Cattle fed decreasing inclusions of MDGS (30-15-0%) had lower DMI, ADG and tended to have lighter HCW compared to cattle fed 15% continuously; however, G:F was not affected compared to when distillers was fed at 15% continuously. Cattle fed 15% MDGS had greater marbling score than 0% inclusion and tended to be greater than cattle fed 30-15-0% MDGS. Cattle fed 12% silage consumed less, gained the same, and had greater G:F than cattle fed 6% stalks. These data suggest that feeding 15% distillers was not enough to offset lower quality roughage (stalks) compared to silage as roughage source. In Exp.3 an interaction between roughage source and MDGS inclusion was observed for pH magnitude, pH variance, and DMI. Cattle fed 0% or 15% MDGS with either corn silage or corn stalks had similar average rumen pH. Cattle fed corn stalks had greater maximum and minimum rumen pH. No significant differences were observed for rumination behaviors. In conclusion, smaXtec pH probes and CowManager animal behavior tags need further validation for cattle fed high-concentrate diets.
Book Synopsis The Effects of Grain Processing Method, Wet and Dry Distiller's Grains with Soluble and Roughage Level on Performance and Carcass Characteristics of Finishing Cattle by :
Download or read book The Effects of Grain Processing Method, Wet and Dry Distiller's Grains with Soluble and Roughage Level on Performance and Carcass Characteristics of Finishing Cattle written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A series of five trials were conducted to evaluate grain processing, distiller's grains inclusion in finishing diets, interactions between distiller's grains and dry-rolled corn (DRC) or steam-flaked corn (SFC), efficacy of removing roughage in the presence of distiller's grains and the digestibility of distiller's grains in steam-flaked and dry-rolled corn diets. The first trial was designed to determine the optimum flake density of SFC in beef finishing diets. Diets consisted of corn flaked to densities of 360, 411, or 462 g/L. Observed improvements in mill production would support increasing flake density; however numerical decreases in animal performance offset economic benefits of increased productivity. The second trial was conducted to evaluate optimum levels of sorghum wet distiller's grains in finishing diets. Crossbred yearling steers were fed diets containing DRC or SFC and levels of distiller's grains were 0, 10, 20, or 30% of diet dry matter. Distiller's grains can effectively replaced a portion of the corn in finishing diets, but their nutritional value was greater in DRC diets than in SFC diets. In trial 3, crossbred heifers were fed diets containing SFC with 0% DDG and 15% corn silage (CS), 25% DDG and 15% CS, or 25% DDG and 5% CS. In trial 4, crossbreed heifers were fed diets similar containing DRC or SFC with 0% DDG and 15% CS, 25% DDG and 15% CS, or 25% DDG and 5% CS. Results indicate that roughage levels can be reduced in feedlot diets containing DDG with no adverse effects on performance or carcass quality. The fifth trial was a metabolism study conducted to evaluate the digestibility of DDG in beef cattle. Treatments consisted of DRC with 0% DDG, DRC with 25% DDG, SFC with 0% DDG, and SFC with 25% DDG. There were no significant grain processing by distiller's grain interactions observed in main effects. In conclusion optimum flake density was 360 g/L, feeding distiller's grains has a greater value in DRC diets vs. SFC diets, roughage level and type are important in formulating finishing diets, roughage can be reduced when feeding distiller's grains, and ruminal ammonia, and pH are decreased and ruminal lactate is increased when feeding DDG and SFC.
