Supplemental Cracked Corn or Wheat Bran for Steers Grazing Endophyte-Free Fescue Pasture: Effects on Live Weight Gain, Nutrient Quality, Forage Intake, Particulate and Fluid Kinetics, Ruminal Fermentation, and Digestion1

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  • B. W. Hess
  • L. J. Krysl
  • M. B. Judkins
  • D. W. Holcombe
  • S. A. Huber
چکیده

Two experiments were conducted with beef steers (Exp. 1, average BW of 580 kg; Exp. 2, average BW of 247 kg) to evaluate the use of no supplements (CON) or daily supplementation with (OM basis) .34% of BW of cracked corn (CORN), .34% of BW of wheat bran (WBBW), or .48% of BW of wheat bran (WBISO; calculated to be isocaloric to CORN) on digestive responses (Exp. 1) and live weight gain (Exp. 2). In Exp. 1, type of supplement did not affect ( P > .10) the dietary fiber or N constituents, but in vitro OM disappearance of the forage differed ( P < .10) with supplementation and type of supplement fed. Supplemented steers consumed less ( P < .05) forage and total OM. Particulate passage, fluid passage, and ruminal pH were not affected ( P > .10) by supplementation. Ruminal NH3 N concentration showed ( P < .05) a treatment × sampling time interaction and, in general, WBBW and WBISO steers had greater ruminal NH3 N than CORN and CON steers. Total VFA concentrations and molar proportions of propionate were lower ( P < .10) in CON steers than in supplemented steers; no differences were noted ( P > .10) among supplemented steers. Molar proportions of acetate were lower ( P = .01) in supplemented steers than in CON steers and were greater ( P = .03) in WBBW steers than in WBISO steers. Butyrate molar proportions were lower ( P < .05) in CON steers than in supplemented steers and differed ( P < .10) with type and quantity of supplement supplied. In situ forage NDF disappearance at 6, 9, and 24 h after feeding and rate of disappearance were greater ( P < .05) in CON steers than in supplemented steers. In Exp. 2, CON steers weighed less ( P = .01) than supplemented steers, CORN steers weighed more ( P = .08) than wheat bran-supplemented steers, and WBISO steers weighed more ( P = .02) than WBBW steers; ADG for 90 d followed a similar response. Results suggest that supplementation of wheat bran rather than corn did not seem to stop the reduction in forage intake or OM digestion associated with corn supplementation.

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تاریخ انتشار 1996