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Effect Of Straw And Newspaper Bedding On Cold Season Feedlot Performance In Two Housing Systems, C. P. Birkelo, J. Lounsbery
Effect Of Straw And Newspaper Bedding On Cold Season Feedlot Performance In Two Housing Systems, C. P. Birkelo, J. Lounsbery
South Dakota Beef Report, 1992
Two hundred seventy-three crossbred steer calves were fed until slaughter (November through May, 189 days) in either semi-confinement (partial overhead shelter, 88 sq. ft. per steer, concrete pen surface) or conventional open lots (windbreak, 448 sq. ft. per steer, dirt surface with mound). Within each housing system, cattle were provided with no bedding or bedding in the form of oat straw or shredded newspaper. Bedding was provided in amounts necessary to maintain a relatively dry, manure-free area large enough for all cattle to lay down at the same time. There were no interactions between housing systems or bedding treatments (P …