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Effects Of Limit Feeding Cold Stressed Growing Calves In The Morning Versus The Evening, As Well As Bunk Line Sharing On Performance, C. A. Sasscer, S. P. Montgomery, C. I. Vahl, W. R. Hollenbeck, R. N. Wahl, A. J. Tarpoff, D. A. Blasi
Effects Of Limit Feeding Cold Stressed Growing Calves In The Morning Versus The Evening, As Well As Bunk Line Sharing On Performance, C. A. Sasscer, S. P. Montgomery, C. I. Vahl, W. R. Hollenbeck, R. N. Wahl, A. J. Tarpoff, D. A. Blasi
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
Objective:To determine the response of cold stressed growing calves to being fed in the evening instead of morning hours, as well as the effect of bunk line sharing.
Study Description:Crossbred steers (n = 360) of Texas, Oklahoma, and Idaho origin were blocked by weight into four size groups and randomly assigned to pens, which were randomly allocated to one of five treatments. All steers received a diet formulated to provide 60 Mcal net energy for gain/100 lb of dry matter and were limit fed with a target of 2.0% of their body weight in dry matter …