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Effects of utilizing cotton byproducts in a finishing diet on beef cattle performance, carcass traits, fecal characteristics, and plasma metabolites.
Journal of animal science - 1 Feb 2020
Warner Andrea L, Beck Paul A, Foote Andrew P, Pierce Kaitlyn N, Robison Colton A, Hubbell Don S, Wilson Blake K
Abstract excerpt
Increased cotton production in the Southwestern United States has increased the availability of cotton byproducts for use in cattle diets. The objective of this experiment was to evaluate the inclusion of cotton byproducts in feedlot finishing diets on the performance, carcass traits, fecal characteristics, and plasma metabolites of steers. Crossbred beef steers (n = 64; BW = 318 ± 12.3 kg) were assigned to 1 of...
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