Feeding Monensin to yearling cattle on summer grass

Effect of Different Feeding Times on the Performance of Cross Bred Dairy Cattle during Summer Stress

The livestock sector in Pakistan occupies a unique position in the national agenda of economic development. The current study was conducted to evaluate a heat stress mitigation strategy through different feeding times on the performance i.e. milk yield, milk composition and physiochemical properties of milk in dairy cattle during the summer season. Twenty Holstein Friesian cows (HF) were random...

Effects of Sorting Steers by Body Weight into Calf-Fed, Summer Yearling, and Fall Yearling Feeding Systems

Two years of data (288 steers/yr) were used to determine if sorting cattle by BW into different production systems would decrease overweight carcasses (>431 kg) and hot carcass weight (HCW) variation. At receiving, steers were assigned randomly into sorted or unsorted groups (n = 144 steers/group). Within a group, steers were assigned to 1 of 3 feeding times: 1) calf-fed (entering the feedlot a...

Supplementing Yearling Summer Grazing Cattle with Fat and Protein and Subsequent Feedlot Performance

Feeding Barley to Cattle

Barley is a cereal grain that has demonstrated world-wide importance. Although generally considered an energy source, barley has more protein than other cereals commonly used in ruminant diets. Nutritional composition of barley can be affected by geographic location and climatic conditions. Varietal differences account for some of the differences observed in nutrient composition. However, it is...

Feeding behavior changes of cattle during introduction of monensin with roughage or concentrate diets.

To assess the nature of the aversion frequently shown by cattle for feed containing Rumensin, cattle were prepared with rumen cannulas and adapted to either a 93% ground alfalfa hay diet (n=12) or an 85% concentrate diet (n=12) They were assigned to one of three treatments for 6 hr/day for 7 days: 1) Basal feed and continuous intraruminal injection of a total of 50 ml alcohol (Control); 2) 250 ...