Abstract
When calcium chloride was added to a mixture of minerals and urea in molasses, the minerals had not settled after the mixture was shipped 350 miles and stored 4 weeks. Calcium carbonate added to a similar supplement caused all minerals tested except sodium, potassium, and copper to precipitate. Using a 112-day, steer-feeding trial, we found that animals performed similarly when their liquid feed supplement contained either calcium chloride or resuspended calcium carbonate.
Keywords: Cattlemen's Day, 1975, Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station), 230, Beef, Calcium carbonate, Finishing steers, Calcium chloride
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Harbers, L., Teague, R. & Riley, J. G., (1975) “Calcium sources compared in liquid feed supplements for finishing steers”, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports 1(1), 59-63. doi: https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.2750
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