Effect of niacin supplementation of stockers grazing tall fescue pastures

Authors

F.K. Brazle
K.P. Coffey
L.R. Corah
Joseph L. Moyer

Keywords

Cattlemen's Day, 1990; Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 90-361-S; Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service); 592; Beef; Niacin; Fescue; Endophyte; Stockers

Abstract

In three trials, there was no gain response by stockers offered supplemental niacin while grazing tall fescue pasture in the spring or fall. There was a trend toward lower body temperatures for niacin-supplemented cattle, but this was not significant. Niacin fed at 2 to 4 g per head daily did not reduce the fescue endophyte fungus problem.

Recommended Citation

Brazle, F.K.; Coffey, K.P.; Corah, L.R.; and Moyer, Joseph L. (1990) "Effect of niacin supplementation of stockers grazing tall fescue pastures," Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports: Vol. 0: Iss. 1. https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.2297