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Author: Bradley M. Boyd Publisher: ISBN: 9781392509944 Category : Beef cattle Languages : en Pages : 0
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Three feedlot experiments evaluated the effects of added urea to finishing diets containing less than 20% WDGS. In Exp.1, a significant interaction was observed for G:F between urea concentration and distillers concentration in the diet. Feeding urea in diets with 10% WDGS had no significant impact on animal G:F. Urea included in diets with 15% WDGS had a quadratic impact on G:F with urea included at 0.5% of diet DM having the greatest performance. When adding urea to diets containing 20% WDGS, a quadratic impact on G:F was observed where urea included at 0.5% of diet DM reduced G:F. In Exp. 2 there were no interactions between urea concentration and WDGS concentration. Increasing concentration of WDGS in the diet improved G:F by 4.7%. The addition of urea to the diet had minimal impact on performance although cubic effects of urea inclusion were observed suggesting variation in the data. For Exp. 3 no difference was observed, for either urea concentration or WDGS concentration in the diet, however, DMI was reduced when urea was included in the diet at 1.2%.Two experiments evaluated the effects of the addition of yeast extracted solubes (EXP) and yeast to finishing diets on performance, carcass characteristics, and nutrient metabolism. In Exp. 1, feeding increased EXP in the diet resulted in quadratic effects on performance with what appears as a linear decrease up to 15% EXP is included followed by a dramatic increase at 20% inclusion. Feeding similar concentrations of EXP when compared to conventional condensed distillers solubles (CONV) reduced animal performance. However, when yeast (YST) was added back to the EXP, performance is similar to CONV. Adding YST alone does not improve performance over the corn control. All concentrations of EXP and CONV performed worse than the corn control. In Exp. 2 no effects on measured nutrient digestibility were observed. However, DM intake and excretion were affected with tendencies for OM, NDF, ADF, and starch intakes to be affected. Digestible energy intake in Mcal/kg and TDN were affected by diet and appeared to follow similar patterns as the performance trial perhaps explaining the observed performance response.
Author: Bradley M. Boyd Publisher: ISBN: 9781392509944 Category : Beef cattle Languages : en Pages : 0
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Three feedlot experiments evaluated the effects of added urea to finishing diets containing less than 20% WDGS. In Exp.1, a significant interaction was observed for G:F between urea concentration and distillers concentration in the diet. Feeding urea in diets with 10% WDGS had no significant impact on animal G:F. Urea included in diets with 15% WDGS had a quadratic impact on G:F with urea included at 0.5% of diet DM having the greatest performance. When adding urea to diets containing 20% WDGS, a quadratic impact on G:F was observed where urea included at 0.5% of diet DM reduced G:F. In Exp. 2 there were no interactions between urea concentration and WDGS concentration. Increasing concentration of WDGS in the diet improved G:F by 4.7%. The addition of urea to the diet had minimal impact on performance although cubic effects of urea inclusion were observed suggesting variation in the data. For Exp. 3 no difference was observed, for either urea concentration or WDGS concentration in the diet, however, DMI was reduced when urea was included in the diet at 1.2%.Two experiments evaluated the effects of the addition of yeast extracted solubes (EXP) and yeast to finishing diets on performance, carcass characteristics, and nutrient metabolism. In Exp. 1, feeding increased EXP in the diet resulted in quadratic effects on performance with what appears as a linear decrease up to 15% EXP is included followed by a dramatic increase at 20% inclusion. Feeding similar concentrations of EXP when compared to conventional condensed distillers solubles (CONV) reduced animal performance. However, when yeast (YST) was added back to the EXP, performance is similar to CONV. Adding YST alone does not improve performance over the corn control. All concentrations of EXP and CONV performed worse than the corn control. In Exp. 2 no effects on measured nutrient digestibility were observed. However, DM intake and excretion were affected with tendencies for OM, NDF, ADF, and starch intakes to be affected. Digestible energy intake in Mcal/kg and TDN were affected by diet and appeared to follow similar patterns as the performance trial perhaps explaining the observed performance response.
Author: Jordan E. Burhoop Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 88
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With the large expansion of the ethanol industry in previous years, there has been an increase in supply of distillers grains plus solubles (DGS) for the feedlot industry. Distiller's grains are a common byproduct used in feedlot diets for added protein or energy. Recently, ethanol companies have been using different extraction techniques to remove various parts of the DGS to sell separately, such as corn oil and fiber. Previous research trials have tried to determine the contribution of individual nutrients in distillers grains that improve performance in order to predict the impact of removing certain components. In previous studies, fiber has shown the greatest contribution; however, no sole nutrient has been identified that contributes to providing equal performance to distillers grains. Therefore, a study was conducted to determine the value of the fiber in modified distillers grains plus solubles for finishing cattle performance. In that study, the conclusion was made that the isolated fiber component does not give equal performance to feeding MDGS due to a reduction in G:F and feeding value if only the fiber components replaced corn, which means the energy in MDGS is provided by other components to make it better than corn. Some producers are concerned that feeding de-oiled DGS will have a negative impact on finishing cattle performance. Currently, some feedlots have been adding corn oil back to diets to ensure they are getting the best performance possible. Although corn oil has been added to diets in the past and experiments have been done to evaluate de-oiled versus normal DGS, there has never been a study that evaluated the removal of corn oil from distillers grains compared to adding corn oil back to de-oiled distillers grains. Therefore, two finishing studies were completed to determine the effects of the removal of corn oil from modified distillers grains plus solubles and replacement with supplemental corn oil on finishing cattle performance and total tract digestibility. When corn oil was added back to MDGS, there was a negative impact on digestibility of OM and NDF as well as lower DE (Mcal/kg) compared with de-oiled MDGS or full fat MDGS. When 2% corn oil was added back to de-oiled MDGS, there was a 4.9% improvement in F:G compared to de-oiled MDGS. There was a numerical improvement in F:G by 3.7% for MDGS + Oil compared to FF MDGS.
Author: Sofia Suarez-Lorences Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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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.
Author: Christian Ponce Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages :
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Wet distiller's grains with solubles are the most common feedstuff generated by the ethanol industry, and this feedstuff has been utilized by the feedlot industry. Exploration of the effect of dietary distiller's inclusion on the form and quantity of protein or nitrogen (N) has received little attention. Assessment of degradable N needs in diets containing wet distiller's grains with solubles (WDGS) is needed to aid the cattle feeding industry in managing feed costs and potential environmental issues. In Exp. 1, 525 yearling steers (initial weight = 373 ±13 kg) received treatments in a 2 x 3 1 factorial. Factors included corn WDGS (15 or 30 percent of DM) and non-protein N (NPN; 0, 1.5, or 3.0 percent of DM) from urea. The control diet without corn WDGS contained 3.0 percent NPN (1.06 percent urea) and cottonseed meal. Overall gain efficiency among steers fed 15 percent corn WDGS was greatest for 1.5 percent NPN and least for 0 percent NPN (P = 0.07, quadratic), whereas gain efficiency decreased linearly (P 0.09) as NPN increased in the 30 percent WDGS. Dressing percent was greater (P 0.01) for the control diet than for 15 percent or 30 percent WDGS. In Exp. 2, 296 steer calves (initial BW = 344 ±12 kg) were adapted to a common finishing diet, blocked by BW, and assigned to treatments. Experimental diets included a control diet without WDGS (contained 3 percent NPN from urea, and cottonseed meal) and 15 percent WDGS with either 1.50, 2.25, or 3.00 percent NPN (0.52, 0.78, and 1.04 percent urea, respectively, on a DM basis). Overall gain efficiency on either a live or adjusted basis was not different among treatments (P 0.15). Dietary NPN concentration did not influence growth performance (P 0.21). Results suggest that optimum performance for cattle fed 15 percent WDGS occurred when the diet contained between 1.5 percent and 2.25 percent NPN. However, removing all supplemental NPN was necessary to support optimum performance in diets containing 30 percent WCDG.
Author: Brandon L. Nuttelman Publisher: ISBN: 9781303046254 Category : Cattle Languages : en Pages : 116
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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.
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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.
Author: Solange Uwituze Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages :
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Four studies evaluated effects of dry distillers grains with solubles (DDGS) containing high S concentrations on feedlot performance, ruminal fermentation, and diet digestibility by finishing cattle. Trial 1 used finishing steers fed diets based on steam-flaked corn (SFC) or dry-rolled corn (DRC), and containing 30% DDGS (DM) with 0.42% S (0.42S) or 0.65% S (0.65S). No interaction (P [equal to or greater than] 0.15) between dietary S and grain processing occurred, but feeding 0.65S decreased DMI (P 0.001) and ADG (P = 0.006) by 8.9% and 12.9%, respectively, whereas G:F was unaffected by S concentration (P = 0.25). Steers fed 0.65S had 4.3% lighter HCW (P = 0.006), lower KPH (P = 0.009), and lower yield grades (P = 0.04) than steers fed 0.42S. Concentration of H2S was inversely related (P [equal to or less than] 0.01) to ADG (r = -0.58) and DMI (r = -0.67) in cattle fed SFC, and DMI (r = -0.40) in cattle fed DRC. Trial 2 used the same treatments as in the first stud, and investigated ruminal fermentation characteristics and diet digestibility by feedlot cattle. Feeding 0.65S increased ruminal pH (P 0.05), but decreased total VFA concentrations (P = 0.05). Steers fed 0.65S had greater ruminal NH3 concentrations (P 0.01) than steers fed 0.42S. The magnitudes of these effects were greater in steers fed DRC than in steers fed SFC (interaction, P
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