The cobalt-deficient diet introduced by Stewart (1947) contains flaked maize as t..is foodstuff contains very little cobalt. Experiments in which this ration was used have already been described (Phillipson & Mitchell, 1952), and examination of the rumen contents of some of the lambs involved revealed an unusual bacteriological picture (Masson, 1950, 1951), for the protozoa had disappeared from...

Starch, supplied in Midwest diets primarily from high-moisture and dry corn grain and whole-plant corn silage, is an important source of energy for dairy cattle. However, the digestibility of corn starch can be highly variable. Various factors, particle size (fine vs. coarse grind), grain processing (steam flaked vs. dry rolled), storage method (dry vs. high-moisture corn), moisture content of ...

Two hundred forty crossbred yearling steers (836 ± 41 lb) were blocked by weight and used in a completely randomized design study intended to determine the effects of three levels of alfalfa hay (7.5, 10, and 12.5%) in steam-flaked corn (SFC) based finishing diets containing 25% wet distiller’s grains (WDG) derived from sorghum. Inclusion of WDG tended to increase DMI (P = 0.17), reduce ADG (P ...