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Journal of Animal Science, Vol 73, Issue 6 1585-1594, Copyright © 1995 by American Society of Animal Science

CLINICAL TRIAL

Effects of protein concentration and protein source on performance of newly arrived feedlot steers

F. L. Fluharty and S. C. Loerch
Department of Animal Science, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Wooster, USA.

In Trial 1, 240 crossbred steers (initial BW 243 +/- 8 kg) were used in a 2 x 4 factorial experiment to determine the effects of receiving diet CP concentration (12, 14, 16, or 18%) and source (spray-dried blood meal [SDBM] vs soybean meal [SBM]) on steer performance. There were linear (P < .01) increases in ADG and feed efficiency during wk 1. For the entire trial, there was an increase (P < .01) in feed efficiency with increasing CP concentration and diets containing SDBM compared with those containing SBM. In Trial 2, 240 crossbred steers (initial BW 246 +/- 14 kg) were used in a completely randomized design experiment to determine the effects of receiving diet CP concentration (11, 14, 17, 20, 23, or 26%) on steer performance. Average daily gain and feed efficiency increased (P < .01) with increasing CP concentration during wk 1. There were quadratic (P < .01) responses to CP concentration for final weight, ADG, and feed efficiency. In Trial 3, 216 steers (initial BW 238 +/- 1 kg) were used to determine the effects of receiving diet protein sources on steer performance. The control diet used SBM as the supplemental CP source and was formulated to contain 12.5% CP. The other five protein sources were corn gluten meal (CGM), ring-dried blood meal (RDBM), SDBM, fish meal (FM), and SBM. For these five CP sources, diets were formulated to contain 23% CP during wk 1, 17% CP during wk 2, and 12.5% CP during wk 3 and wk 4. During wk 1, control steers had the lowest ADG (P < .07) and feed efficiency (P < .01) whereas steers fed RDBM and SDBM had the highest (P < .01) feed efficiency. Increased CP concentrations are needed early in the receiving period, when DMI is low.


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