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Cattle Feeding Studies Question Concentrated Grain Rations
Researchers Oltsen, Davis, and Bond fed yearling steers corn finishing rations for 16 weeks, finding good gains and marketable carcass quality. They compared all grain diets with partial cob inclusion, noted mineral deficiencies in high grain mixes, and observed bloat only with some buffered rations. Wheat as 60 percent of diet reduced gains, while vegetable proteins equaled soybean meal in performance. The Bettsville studies challenge the view that concentrated feeding causes liver or kidney disease, with no lesions in grain-fed steers and lower liver condemnation than expected.
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E Davis
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