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1990; Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 90-361-S; Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service); 592; Beef; Amaferm®; Aspergillus oryzae; Fescue; Endophyte; Stockers
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Effects Of Amaferm® (Aspergillus Oryzae Fermentation Extract) On Performance And Body Temperature Of Stockers Fed Diets With Or Without Fescue Endophyte, K.P. Coffey, F.K. Brazle, Joseph L. Moyer
Effects Of Amaferm® (Aspergillus Oryzae Fermentation Extract) On Performance And Body Temperature Of Stockers Fed Diets With Or Without Fescue Endophyte, K.P. Coffey, F.K. Brazle, Joseph L. Moyer
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
Sixty-four stocker steers were offered endophyte-free fescue hay ad libitum, with either bromegrass or high-endophyte fescue seed screenings and supplements with or without Amaferm8 (Aspergillus oryzae fermentation extract). Steers offered bromegrass seed screenings gained faster (P<.01), consumed more feed (P<.01), and converted feed dry matter to gain more efficiently (P<.01) than those fed fescue seed screenings. Amaferm did not affect stocker performance or reduce rectal temperature. Therefore, feeding high-endophyte fescue screenings reduced intake and daily gain, and Amaferm did not offset those effects.