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USDA, ARS, U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, Clay Center, NE 68933
1 Correspondence:
P.O. Box 166 (phone: 402-762-4248; fax: 402-762-4209; E-mail:
williams{at}email.marc.usda.gov).
Models to predict heat production attributable to maintenance and support metabolism in growing and mature cattle were developed on the basis of three concepts. The first concept is that animals fed fixed amounts of the same diet achieve weight equilibrium over an extended feeding period, and that the ME consumed at weight equilibrium is the maintenance requirement. The second concept is that a part of the heat production resulting from ME consumed above the maintenance requirement is associated with an elevation of vital functions (support metabolism), and this heat production can be modeled as a function of the level of feeding. The third concept is that previous levels of nutrition affect current estimates of heat production, and that this impact can be modeled as a delayed response in heat production associated with support metabolism. Experimental data on feed consumption showed that maintenance requirements varied in simple proportion to BW, not only for different breeds of mature cattle at BW equilibrium, but also for calves and growing steers held at BW stasis. Experimental data in which different breeds of cattle achieved weight equilibrium when fed fixed amounts of a specific diet were used to estimate breed parameters associated with maintenance for 21 breeds of cattle and 15 biological types of crossbred cattle. Level of feeding was estimated as a multiple of the maintenance intake and used to model heat production associated with support metabolism. Other experimental data on growing cattle were used to estimate breed parameters for predicting heat production associated with support metabolism for 21 breeds of cattle and 15 biological types of crossbred cattle. A distributed lag function was used to model the delayed response in heat production associated with support metabolism with changes in plane of nutrition. The models were tested by simulating experimental data for three breeds of weaned steers finished on high-energy diets. Results for the total heat production associated with maintenance and support metabolism expressed on a unit BW basis showed a similar response with stage of maturity when compared with other experimental data.
Key Words: Beef Cattle • Energy Metabolism • Models
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