Abstract
Sixteen ruminally fistulated steers were used to evaluate the effects of altering supplementation frequency and including urea in dry supplements on forage intake and digestion. Intake of low-quality tallgrass-prairie hay was not affected by supplementation frequency or by the inclusion of urea. Supplementing cattle less frequently resulted in a decrease in diet digestion. However, we observed a slight trend for reduced supplementation frequency to exert a greater impact when cattle were fed supplements that contained urea.
Keywords: Cattlemen's Day, 1997, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution, no. 97-309-S, Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service), 783, Beef, Steers, Forage, Urea, Supplementation frequency, Intake, Digestibility
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Woods, B., Cochran, R., Mathis, C., Heldt, J., Stokka, G. L., Olson, K. C. & Titgemeyer, E. C., (1997) “The effects of supplementation frequency and amount of urea in dry supplements on intake and digestibility of low-quality tallgrass-prairie forage by beef steers”, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports 1(1), 65-66. doi: https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.1941
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