Article Title
Dietary fat and calcium level effect on feedlot performance and carcass merit in steers
Keywords
Cattlemen's Day, 1989; Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 89-567-S; Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service); 567; Beef; Fat; Performance; Carcass Merit; Steers; Calcium
Abstract
Feeding fat increased feed intake and average daily gain, but feed efficiency was not affected. Feeding high levels of calcium (.9%) had no overall effect, but may tend to increase intake when fed with diets that contain primarily vegetable fat or highly unsaturated fat products.
First page
94
Last page
96
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Recommended Citation
Bock, B.; Brandt, Robert T. Jr.; and Harmon, D.L.
(1989)
"Dietary fat and calcium level effect on feedlot performance and carcass merit in steers,"
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports:
Vol. 0:
Iss.
1.
https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.2298
