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Feed Utilization By Steers With Chronic Cryptosporidia Infection, R.H. Pritchard, J.U. Thomson, C.D. Mullaney
Feed Utilization By Steers With Chronic Cryptosporidia Infection, R.H. Pritchard, J.U. Thomson, C.D. Mullaney
South Dakota Beef Report, 1990
The effect of chronic cryptosporidia infection on feed utilization by yearling steers was evaluated. Two control and two infected steers were fed a corn silage based diet. lnfected steers had shown evidence of cryptosporidia infection over a 6-month period prior to determining feed digestibility. Digestibilities of dry matter (58.1 vs 54.0 ± 3.9%), NDF (51.7 vs 54.6 ± 2.5%), ADF (35.8 34.8 ± 7.1%) and crude protein (45.0 vs 45.9 ± 5.3%) were unaffected (P>.10) by parasite infection for control and infected steers, respectively.