Abstract
Feeding fat increased feed intake and average daily gain, but feed efficiency was not affected. Feeding high levels of calcium (.9%) had no overall effect, but may tend to increase intake when fed with diets that contain primarily vegetable fat or highly unsaturated fat products.
Keywords: Cattlemen's Day, 1989, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution, no. 89-567-S, Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service), 567, Beef, Fat, Performance, Carcass Merit, Steers, Calcium
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Bock, B., Brandt, R. T., Jr. & Harmon, D., (1989) “Dietary fat and calcium level effect on feedlot performance and carcass merit in steers”, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports 1(1), 94-96. doi: https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.2298
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