Week 8
Beef: Growing-Finishing |
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Roughage in Finishing Diets
- Typically contain 5-10%
- Roughage energy expensive
- Alfalfa = 7.4 vs Corn = 6.2 cents/lb TDN
- Low roughage diets > acidosis > liver abscesses
- Common sources
- Hay (alfalfa, grass), silage (corn, wheat), and by-products (cottonseed
hulls)
Feedstuffs
- Processing
- Steam flaking
- Corn 28 lb/bu, sorghum 18 lb/bu
- Energy
- Corn, sorghum, barley, wheat, whole cottonseed, potatoes, distillers,
brewers
- Protein – 12.5 to 14.5%
- Urea – 0.5 to 1.5%
- Degradable sources = better performance
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