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1993; Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 93-318-S; Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service); 678; Beef; Beef heifers; Feed restriction; Nutrient digestibility; Performance
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Effect Of Diet Energy Content And Level Of Restriction On Performance, Nutrient Digestibility, And Puberty In Replacement Beef Heifers, Robert T. Brandt Jr., Ronald V. Pope, Jeffrey S. Stevenson
Effect Of Diet Energy Content And Level Of Restriction On Performance, Nutrient Digestibility, And Puberty In Replacement Beef Heifers, Robert T. Brandt Jr., Ronald V. Pope, Jeffrey S. Stevenson
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
Eighty Angus x Hereford crossbred weanling heifers (548 lb) were used in a 2x2 factorial experiment to evaluate dietary energy concentration (NEg .51 vs .61 Mcal/lb) and intake restriction (to produce 1.25 and 2.0 lb/d gain). Intake of the diets (corn - corn silage based; 14% CP) was adjusted every 2 weeks. Steer counterparts to the heifers were used in a 2x3 factorially arranged digestion experiment using the same treatments with an additional ad libitum intake level. There were no interactions between energy content and level of restriction. Heifers fed the higher energy diet maintained equal daily gain on 9.7% …