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ArticleJournal of animal science2023

Effect of substitution of distillers grains and glycerin for steam-flaked corn in finishing cattle diets on growth performance and carcass characteristics.

Haley E Larson, Jeff P Jaderborg, Devan M Paulus-Compart, Grant I Crawford, Alfredo DiCostanzo

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial, Veterinary
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Article in Journal of animal science, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 authors.

Haley E LarsonUniversity of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA.
Jeff P JaderborgMcFleeg Feeds Inc, Watertown, SD 57201, USA.
Devan M Paulus-CompartPapillon Agricultural Company, Easton, MD 21601, USA.
Grant I CrawfordMerck Animal Health, Madison, NJ 07940, USA.
Alfredo DiCostanzoUniversity of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An experiment was conducted to determine the effect of substituting modified corn distillers grains with solubles (DGS) or crude soy glycerin (CG) for steam-flaked corn (SFC) in finishing diets on growth performance and carcass characteristics. Treatments were arranged as a 2 × 2 factorial with DGS (0% or 40%) and CG (0% or 10%) replacing dietary SFC in a basal diet. Growth performance and carcass traits were measured on 48 individually fed crossbred yearling cattle (21 steers and 27 heifers; 380 ± 37 kg). Cattle were randomly allotted to 48 Calan gate bunks. After the first 28 days, nine animals were removed from the study for health reasons or observed confirmation of consumption of feed from unassigned Calan gate bunk (n = 39). After the feeding period, cattle were harvested in two groups on day-124 and day-173. No DGS × CG interactions were observed (P > 0.10) for any dependent growth performance or carcass characteristic variable tested. Cattle-fed DGS as 40% of diet dry matter (DM) had greater (P< 0.01) dry matter intake (DMI), while CG inclusion at 10% of diet DM did not affect DMI (P = 0.16). Carcass-adjusted average daily gain (ADG) was not affected by DGS (P = 0.73) or CG (P = 0.28). Decreased (P = 0.03) carcass-adjusted gain-to-feed (G:F) was observed as the main effect of DGS. Greater DMI resulting from feeding DGS as 40% of diet DM appears to have driven the tendency for reduced G:F. Hot carcass weight, longissimus muscle area, 12th rib fat depth, yield grade, and marbling score were not (P> 0.10) influenced by DGS or CG. However, kidney, pelvic, fat (KPH) was increased (P = 0.01) when cattle were fed DGS as 40% of diet DM. Based on the findings presented, it is concluded that CG can substitute up to 10% of SFC in the diet without negatively affecting cattle growth performance or carcass characteristics, regardless of DGS inclusion as 40% of the diet DM.

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Animal Nutritional Physiological PhenomenaDietAnimalsCattleEdible GrainFemaleGlycerolMaleSteamZea maysGlycerolSteambeefby-productscattleco-productscrude glycerindistillers grains

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PMID36592746
PMCPMC9831090

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