Effect of tylosin on ruminal Fusobacterium necrophorum population and fermentation products in cattle fed a high-grain diet

Authors

N. Wallace
Y. Sun
Kenneth E. Kemp
J.C. Parrott
Tiruvoor G. Nagaraja

Keywords

Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 97-309-S; Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service); 804; Cattlemen's Day, 1998; Beef; Tylosin; Fusobacterium necrophorum; High-grain diet

Abstract

Tylosin feeding prevented the increase in Fusobacterium necrophorum population normally associated with the feeding of a high-grain diet. Also, tylosin appeared to moderate the ruminal fermentation during initial adaptation to a high-grain diet.

Recommended Citation

Wallace, N.; Sun, Y.; Kemp, Kenneth E.; Parrott, J.C.; and Nagaraja, Tiruvoor G. (1998) "Effect of tylosin on ruminal Fusobacterium necrophorum population and fermentation products in cattle fed a high-grain diet," Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports: Vol. 0: Iss. 1. https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.1898