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Determination Of The Inoculation Frequency, Timing Of Inoculation And Dose Of A Bacterial Ruminal Inoculant For Acidosis Prevention In Feedlot Cattle, J. F. Boucher, W. J. Smolenski, J. A. Robinson

Conference on Applied Statistics in Agriculture

We are evaluating the efficacy of a ruminal bacterial inoculant (Megasphaera elsdenii 407 A) for prevention of acute acidosis in grain-fed cattle. As a part of this process, we examined the effects of inoculation frequency, timing of inoculation and dose of 407 A for prevention of acute acidosis in ruminally fistulated cattle. Three levels of frequency, two levels of timing and three doses were considered, however, a complete 3x2x3 factorial study was not run because of resource constraints. The study was conducted in two separate trials. The first was designed as a 3x2 factorial experiment with inoculation frequency and timing …