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Form Of Supplement And Addition Of Ionophore Effects On Steer Performance While Grazing Bromegrass And Subsequent Effects In Feedlot And Carcass Measures, J. K. Farney, K. Malone

Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports

Stocker steers were grazed on bromegrass from April to the end of August and were supplemented with several different forms of products. Treatment structure was a 2 × 2 + 2 factorial (six total treatments). Treatments evaluated included mineral only; free-choice supplementation in the form of liquid feed (MIX30) or block format (Mintrate); hand-fed supplement of corn:dried distillers grains at 0.25% of body weight on a dry matter basis offered three times per week; and ionophore (Rumensin) was included in one block and hand-fed supplement. Steers were weighed every 28 days while on grass and in the feedlot. Steers were …