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Formation And Safety Of 2-Dodecylcyclobutanone, A Unique Radiolytic Product In Irradiated Beef, P. Gadgil, J. Scott Smith
Formation And Safety Of 2-Dodecylcyclobutanone, A Unique Radiolytic Product In Irradiated Beef, P. Gadgil, J. Scott Smith
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
Treating food with ionizing radiation improves product safety and helps maintain quality. The main selling point of irradiated foods is that it is microbially safe. Beginning in October 2002, companies could petition the FDA for permission to use terms like "electronic pasteurization" on the labeling for irradiated foods. Consumers are already familiar with pasteurization and they associate the term with a safe product. There needs to be a protocol in place to test for irradiation to verify that products meet regulatory requirements. Being able to differentiate between irradiated and nonirradiated food will aid in proving the authenticity and safety of …
Ultrasound Sorting Increases Feedlot Profitability, A. Garmyn, Daniel W. Moser
Ultrasound Sorting Increases Feedlot Profitability, A. Garmyn, Daniel W. Moser
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
Feedlot managers often market entire pens as mixed groups, resulting in lower-quality, over-finished, or heavyweight carcasses. As the cattle industry has moved towards valuebased marketing systems, finding a costeffective tool that predicts future carcass merit and sorts cattle into outcome groups, thus producing a more uniform product at harvest, is of great interest to feedyard managers. The objective of this research was to determine the profitability of sorting feedlot cattle at reimplant time by using ultrasound and computer technology to group cattle into uniform market groups.
Energy Supply Affects Leucine Utilization By Growing Steers, G.F. Schroeder, E.S. Moore, Evan C. Titgemeyer
Energy Supply Affects Leucine Utilization By Growing Steers, G.F. Schroeder, E.S. Moore, Evan C. Titgemeyer
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
In growing pigs, when protein supply is adequate, protein deposition increases with an increase in energy intake. However, when amino acid supply is limited, protein deposition does not respond to increases in energy intake. These relationships between energy, protein supply and protein deposition, which are observed in monogastric animals, have been described as protein- and energydependent phases of growth. These relationships indicate that energy supply does not affect the efficiency of amino acid utilization, allowing the assumption of a constant efficiency across a broad range of energy intake. Although this type of relationship is assumed for cattle by most of …
Limit-Feeding A High-Concentrate Diet May Alter Nutrient Absorption, J.O. Wallace, W.F. Miller, B.J. Johnson, Christopher D. Reinhardt
Limit-Feeding A High-Concentrate Diet May Alter Nutrient Absorption, J.O. Wallace, W.F. Miller, B.J. Johnson, Christopher D. Reinhardt
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
Feeding newly arrived cattle is commonly characterized by a few days of feeding longstemmed hay followed by a series of step-up diets, wherein concentrate levels are increased to promote ruminal adaptation to a highconcentrate finishing diet. This is done to give the rumen microbes time to adjust to larger amounts of readily fermentable starches in cereal grains. Rumen epithelial adaptation may be achievable by limit-feeding a finishing diet, with gradual increases in feed intake, until the cattle are on full feed. If this can be achieved without causing ruminal disorders and days off feed, then the cost of feeding cattle …
Dried Distiller’S Grains Improve The Performance Of Beef Cattle Intensively Grazing Early Summer Bluestem Pasture, M. Epp, B. Barnhardt, A. Bryant, Dale A. Blasi
Dried Distiller’S Grains Improve The Performance Of Beef Cattle Intensively Grazing Early Summer Bluestem Pasture, M. Epp, B. Barnhardt, A. Bryant, Dale A. Blasi
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
Distiller's grains are byproducts of the production of ethanol from grains and are an excellent source of protein and energy for cattle. The most prevalent use of distiller's grains is in the finishing beef production sector. There is limited research available that has evaluated effectiveness of distiller's grains as a supplement for grazing beef cattle. Digestible protein content in grass begins to decrease in midsummer, resulting in lower average daily gains. The objective of this study was to measure the daily gain of yearling steers supplemented with different levels of dried distiller's grains while grazing doublestock Flint Hills pastures.
Optimizing Use Of Distiller’S Grains With Solubles (Dgs) In Finishing Cattle Diets, E.R. Loe, M.E. Corrigan, M.J. Quinn, Brandon E. Depenbusch, James S. Drouillard
Optimizing Use Of Distiller’S Grains With Solubles (Dgs) In Finishing Cattle Diets, E.R. Loe, M.E. Corrigan, M.J. Quinn, Brandon E. Depenbusch, James S. Drouillard
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
Rapid expansion of the fuel ethanol industry has increased availability of distillery byproducts. Distiller's grains with solubles (DGS) are the predominant byproduct of fermenting grains to fuel ethanol. During this process, the majority of starch is removed from the grain, and residual components of the grain are concentrated into the distiller's byproduct. Distiller's grains with solubles contain the bran, which is high in fiber; the germ, which is high in fat; and the protein. Given the relatively high fiber content of DGS, it is conceivable that DGS could serve as a replacement for roughage in finishing diets. One of the …