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Effect Of Ruminally-Protected Lysine Supplementation To Growing Cattle On Growth And Subsequent Finishing Performance, K. J. Hazlewood, M. S. Grant, D. A. Blasi, G. A. Ducharme, E. C. Titgemeyer
Effect Of Ruminally-Protected Lysine Supplementation To Growing Cattle On Growth And Subsequent Finishing Performance, K. J. Hazlewood, M. S. Grant, D. A. Blasi, G. A. Ducharme, E. C. Titgemeyer
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
Objective:The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of ruminally-protected lysine supplementation fed during the growing phase to cattle limit-fed a corn-based diet, and to evaluate the subsequent finishing performance.
Study Description:For 77 days, a group of 338 steers limit-fed at 2.4% of body weight daily on a dry matter basis were allocated to treatments providing 0, 3, or 6 g/day of lysine from Smartamine ML (Adisseo, Alpharetta, GA), or containing blood meal plus ruminally-protected methionine from Smartamine M. Growth performance was measured over the growing period. Cattle were then shipped to a commercial feedlot and …