Abstract
Three hundred thirty-nine crossbred beef heifers were used in a 74-day finishing study to evaluate effects of adding 0.5% urea to finishing diets containing steam-flaked corn and 34% (dry basis) Sweet Bran® wet corn gluten feed (WCGF). Diets were fed once daily ad libitum. Urea addition tended (P<0.06) to increase finishing average daily gain, to improve (P<0.12) feed efficiency, and to increase (P<0.06) fat thickness. Heifers fed urea had a lower percentage (P<0.03) of carcasses grading USDA Choice. This study suggests that finishing diets containing a combination of steam-flaked corn and WCGF may benefit from addition of urea as a source of supplemental ruminally available nitrogen.
Keywords: Cattlemen's Day, 2001, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution, no. 01-318-S, Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service), 873, Beef, Wet corn gluten feed, Urea, Finishing
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Montgomery, S. P., Sindt, J., Farran, T., Pike, N., Coetzer, C., LaBrune, H., Trater, A., Hunter, R., Stock, R. & Drouillard, J. S., (2001) “Addition of urea to finishing cattle diets containing steam-flaked corn and wet corn gluten feed”, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports 1(1), 101-102. doi: https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.1763
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