Rumensin®-Tylan® combinations in limit-fed growing diets: effects on growing and finishing performance and carcass characteristics (2001)

Authors

Sean P. Montgomery
T.B. Farran
J.J. Sindt
C.M. Coetzer
J.N. Pike
A.M. Trater
H.J. LaBrune
R.D. Hunter
S.B. Laudert
James S. Drouillard

Keywords

Cattlemen's Day, 2001; Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 01-318-S; Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service); 873; Beef; Rumensin; Tylan; Limit feeding

Abstract

Five hundred seventy-two crossbred beef heifers were used to compare gain and feed efficiency of cattle consuming restricted quantities of energy-dense growing diets containing varying concentrations of Rumensin® and Tylan®. Growing treatments consisted of providing Rumensin at 30 grams per ton of dry matter (R30), or 250 mg per head per day (R250). A third treatment consisted of a Rumensin/Tylan combination, providing 250 and 90 mg per head per day of Rumensin and Tylan, respectively (R250/T90). Average daily gain and feed efficiency during the growing phase were not different (P>0.90) among treatments. Heifers that received R250/T90 during the growing phase exhibited lower dry matter intakes (P0.50), R250/T90 increased finishing-phase feed efficiency by 6.1 and 3.5% compared to R30 and R250, respectively. Liver abscesses were lower (P<0.10) for R250/T90 and R30 than R250.

Recommended Citation

Montgomery, Sean P.; Farran, T.B.; Sindt, J.J.; Coetzer, C.M.; Pike, J.N.; Trater, A.M.; LaBrune, H.J.; Hunter, R.D.; Laudert, S.B.; and Drouillard, James S. (2001) "Rumensin®-Tylan® combinations in limit-fed growing diets: effects on growing and finishing performance and carcass characteristics (2001)," Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports: Vol. 0: Iss. 1. https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.1723