Effects of high-grain or high-roughage transition diets on finishing performance of cattle previously fed high-concentrate growing diets (2000)

Authors

Sean P. Montgomery
J.J. Sindt
T.B. Farran
H.J. LaBrune
R.D. Hunter
James J. Higgins
T.A. Nutsch
James S. Drouillard

Keywords

Cattlemen's Day, 2000; Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 00-287-S; Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service); 850; Beef; Transition Diet; Grain; Roughage; Finishing cattle

Abstract

Three hundred twenty-eight crossbred beef steers previously fed high-concentrate growing diets had ad libitum access to one of two transition diets prior to initiation of the finishing phase. Transition diets consisted of 58% steam-flaked corn and 30% alfalfa hay or of 23% steamflaked corn and 65% alfalfa hay (DM basis). Average daily gains, dry matter intakes, and feed efficiencies during the transition phase were greater for steers fed the high-grain diet than for steers fed the high-roughage diet (P.20).

Recommended Citation

Montgomery, Sean P.; Sindt, J.J.; Farran, T.B.; LaBrune, H.J.; Hunter, R.D.; Higgins, James J.; Nutsch, T.A.; and Drouillard, James S. (2000) "Effects of high-grain or high-roughage transition diets on finishing performance of cattle previously fed high-concentrate growing diets (2000)," Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports: Vol. 0: Iss. 1. https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.1798