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Journal of Animal Science, Vol 69, Issue 5 2168-2176, Copyright © 1991 by American Society of Animal Science

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Effects of season on the maintenance requirements of mature beef cows

J. C. Laurenz, F. M. Byers, G. T. Schelling and L. W. Greene
Dept. of Anim. Sci., Texas A&M University, College Station.

Sixty mature, nonpregnant, nonlactating beef cows of two breed types, Angus and Simmental, were used in a four-period, split-plot study to determine the effects of season on maintenance requirements. Periods were chosen to represent each of the four seasons and ran consecutively from June 14, 1986 through June 20, 1987. All cows were fed at one of four feeding levels (75, 87.5, 112.5, and 125% of estimated ME required for maintenance) a cottonseed hull-based diet in each of the four seasons and were rotated such that all cows received all feeding levels during the study. Retained energy for all cows within periods was determined through changes in body composition determined initially and at the end of each period. Mean DM digestibility (DMD) was similar for both breeds (54.4%), and in both breeds DMD was similar in the summer, fall, and spring and lower (P less than .05) in the winter. Mean DE was 61.4% and also was similar between breeds. Season affected DE, which was greatest (P less than .05) for both breeds in the fall (62.5%). Simmental cows had a 16.1% greater (P less than .05) overall daily ME requirement for weight maintenance than Angus cows (123.5 vs 103.6 kcal/kg.75), and both breeds had greater (P less than .05) requirements during the summer and lower (P less than .05) requirements during the winter (122.6 vs 91.4 and 145.9 vs 109.3 kcal/kg.75 for Angus and Simmental cows, respectively).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


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