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Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
1989; Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 89-567-S; Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service); 567; Beef; Limit vs. full creep-feeding; Bluesteam; Protein; Calves
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Limit Versus Full Creep-Feeding Of A High Protein Supplement To Calves Grazing Late Summer Bluestem, R.C. Cochran, C.E. Binns, L.R. Corah, T. Delcurto, E.S. Vanzant
Limit Versus Full Creep-Feeding Of A High Protein Supplement To Calves Grazing Late Summer Bluestem, R.C. Cochran, C.E. Binns, L.R. Corah, T. Delcurto, E.S. Vanzant
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
Limit creep-feeding a 36% protein supplement (avg. salt concentration = 7.9%) was compared with unlimited consumption of the same supplement without salt (full creep-feeding) and with no supplementation. Average daily gain of steer calves was increased (P≤.06) by.19 (limit creep-feeding) and .38 (full creep-feeding) lb per day compared with non-supplemented calves. Average daily gain of heifer calves was not increased by creep feeding. Efficiency with which creep was converted to extra gain was poor for both limit and full creep-feeding groups. Little difference was observed in postweaning average daily gains; however, the calves given ad libitum access to creep feed …