Growth response of pastured Simmental calves to a high by-pass protein creep supplement

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Dec 1999 English Publisher:Canadian Science PublishingJournal:Canadian Journal of Animal Science, volume 79, pages 557-560 (issn: 0008-3984, eissn: 1918-1825,

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Authors: D. O. Jensen; E. Okine; L. A. Goonewardene; C. Erichsen-Arychuk; D. Milligan;

doi: 10.4141/a98-083

Growth response of pastured Simmental calves to a high by-pass protein creep supplement

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One hundred and thirty-seven cow-calf pairs on pasture in southeastern Alberta, were randomly allocated to one of two treatments no supplement (NOS) or a high by-pass protein (70% of CP) creep supplement (HPS) at an intake of 1.5 kg head−1 d−1. Calf weaning weights and pre-weaning ADG were higher (P < 0.01) in calves fed HPS (306.0 kg and 1.49 kg d−1) compared with NOS (298.2 kg and 1.41 kg d−1), respectively. However, it was uneconomical to feed this high by-pass creep as the feed cost of a kg of additional gain at weaning was $9.60. Key words: Creep supplement, pasture, growth, beef cattle

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