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Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
1996; Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 96-334-S; Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service); 756; Beef; Heifers; Puberty; Heifer development; High-roughage diet
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Timing Of Gain Does Not Alter Puberty And Reproductive Performance Of Beef Heifers Fed A High-Roughage Diet, J.M. Lynch, G.C. Lamb, B.L. Miller, J. Ernest Minton, R.C. Cochran, Robert T. Brandt
Timing Of Gain Does Not Alter Puberty And Reproductive Performance Of Beef Heifers Fed A High-Roughage Diet, J.M. Lynch, G.C. Lamb, B.L. Miller, J. Ernest Minton, R.C. Cochran, Robert T. Brandt
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
Eighty crossbred heifers (549 lb initial body weight) were developed in drylot and limit-fed a forage sorghum silage diet predicted to produce gains of either 1 lb/day for the entire developmental period (EVENGAIN) or .25 lb/day for the first two-thirds of the period followed by 2 lb/day during the last third (LATEGAIN). Treatments began on November 7, 1994 and continued until April 24, 1995 (onset of the breeding season). Actual daily gains over the entire feeding period averaged 1.18 and 1.10 lb/day for EVENGAIN and LATEGAIN heifers, respectively. Age and weight at puberty were not affected by feeding treatment. Body …