ArticleTranslational animal science2026
Effects of different feed additives on growth performance, carcass characteristics, and apparent total nutrient digestibility of finishing beef steers.
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The objective was to evaluate the effects of feed additives on intake, growth performance, apparent digestibility of nutrients, and ruminal fermentation characteristics of finishing beef cattle. In Experiment 1 (Exp. 1), fifty-six Angus-crossbred steers (initial body weight = 356 ± 26 kg) were assigned to a randomized complete block design with a 2 × 2 factorial arrangement of treatments, including (1) monensin sodium at 33 mg/kg dry matter (MON; [-] or [+]), and (2) a proprietary multi-component plant extract feed additive at 10 g/steer/day (PE; [-] or [+]) containing orange peel bitters, onion extract, specific fatty acids, and soybean and corn oil. This resulted in four treatment groups: CON (MON-/PE-), MON (MON+/PE-), PE (MON-/PE+), or MON + PE (MON+/PE+). The 168-day study included a 24-day adaptation and 144 days on a 90:10 concentrate-to-roughage finishing diet. In Experiment 2 (Exp. 2), eight ruminally cannulated steers were used in a duplicated 4 × 4 Latin Square design to evaluate the same treatments used in Exp. 1. No MON × PE interactions or main effect of MON and PE were observed for body weight or dry matter intake (DMI) in Exp. 1 (
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