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J. Anim Sci. 1973. 37:395-398.
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Types of Roughage and Intermittent Changes of Roughage Types in Beef Cattle Finishing Diets

P. R. Utley1, R. S. Lowrey2 and W. C. McCormick1

Georgia Coastal Plain Experiment Station, Tifton 31794

Abstract

Two hundred and eighty-eight steers and heifers were used in a series of feeding trials to evaluate the cob and shuck of ground snapped corn, pellets made from mature Coastal bermudagrass, cottonseed hulls, peanut hulls, oyster shells and corn field residue as types of roughage and to study the effects of frequently changing types of roughage in beef cattle finishing diets. All of the roughage types used in these studies were satisfactory when used in high energy finishing diets. Feedlot performance and carcass characteristics for animals fed these diets were similar. Therefore, the main considerations in selecting one of the roughages studied would be availability, price, bulkiness, fineness of grind, ease of handling and adaptability to mechanical feeding.

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1 Department of Animal Science.

2 Department of Animal Science, University of Georgia, Athens.






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