Abstract
A replicated 3 x 3 Latin square design was used to explore the effects of fat source (none vs 3.5% soybean oil soapstock or animal tallow) when fed with high (1.0%) calcium on digestion and metabolism of a finishing diet by steers. Adding fat did not affect site or extent of starch or dry matter digestion. A net synthesis of long chain fatty acids occurred in the rumen. Feeding fat tended (P=.ll) to depress bacterial N flowing at the duodenum but did not affect nonbacterial N or total N.
Keywords: Cattlemen's Day, 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, Digestibility, Fat, Calcium, Finishing
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Bock, B., Harmon, D., Brandt, R. T., Jr. & Schneider, J., (1990) “Fat source effects on finishing steer digestion and metabolism”, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports 1(1), 1-3. doi: https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.2219
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