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Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
1994; Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 94-373-S; Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service); 704;
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Roughage Level And Corn Processing In Finishing Diets: Subacute Acidosis, S.A. Shuey, Robert T. Brandt Jr., S.M. Gramlich, C.T. Milton
Roughage Level And Corn Processing In Finishing Diets: Subacute Acidosis, S.A. Shuey, Robert T. Brandt Jr., S.M. Gramlich, C.T. Milton
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
Roughage level and method of corn processing were evaluated for the propensity to cause subacute acidosis in a controlled acidosis challenge model. Four ruminally fistulated steers were adapted to a high grain diet, randomly allocated within a 4 x 4 Latin square, and fed a corn-based finishing ration at 2% of BW/day (dry basis) in two equal feedings. Chopped alfalfa hay was used as the roughage source and added at 8% of the diet dry matter or not added. Corn was fed either whole (WSC) or dry rolled (DRC). Roughage level and grain processing had no effect on postchallenge molar …