Ruminally protected and unprotected Saccharomyces cerevisiae fermentation products as alternatives to antibiotics in finishing beef steers1

Effects of Source and Level of Ruminally Protected Choline on Performance and Carcass Characteristics of Finishing Beef Steers

Previous research (Galyean et al., 1997) indicated that daily gain and feed efficiency were improved when finishing beef steers were fed graded levels of ruminally protected choline (RPC; .25, .5, and 1% of dietary DM). Responses were cubic (P < .10) in nature, with an 11% increase in daily gain and a 6.8% improvement in feed efficiency for .25% RPC vs the control diet, but no effect on gain or...

Protected Organic Acid Blends as an Alternative to Antibiotics in Finishing Pigs

A total of 120 finishing pigs ([Yorkshire×Landrace]×Duroc) with an average body weight (BW) of 49.72 ±1.72 kg were used in 12-wk trial to evaluate the effects of protected organic acids on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, fecal micro flora, meat quality and fecal gas emission. Pigs were randomly allotted to one of three dietary treatments (10 replication pens with 4 pigs per pen) in ...

bacteriocins as the alternatives to antibiotics

Effects of ruminally protected choline and dietary fat on performance and blood metabolites of finishing heifers.

A 120-d finishing study utilizing 318 heifers (342 kg initial BW) was conducted to examine effects of ruminally protected choline (RPC) in diets containing graded concentrations of tallow. Heifers were blocked according to previous nutrition (full-fed or limit-fed) and allotted to 24 pens containing 11 to 15 heifers. Two pens, one within each block, were assigned to each of 12 factorially arran...

Effects of dietary level of ruminally protected choline on performance and carcass characteristics of finishing beef steers and on growth and serum metabolites in lambs.

Ruminally protected choline (RPC) was evaluated in two experiments. In Exp. 1, beef steers (n = 160; average initial BW = 350.9 kg) were fed a 90% concentrate diet with either 0, .25, .5, or 1.0% RPC (DM basis) for 112 to 140 d. Feeding .25% RPC increased ADG 11.6% compared with 0% RPC, but responses diminished with increasing RPC level (cubic response, P < .10). Daily DMI was not affected by R...