South Dakota Beef Report, 1986
Document Type
Report
Report Number
86-8
Publication Date
1986
Keywords
whole corn, sodium bicarbonate, finishing cattle
Summary
A total of 160 steers were fed a whole corn-no roughage diet without a buffer or with sodium bicarbonate at a level of .87% of the dry diet . The finishing period of 112 days followed the feeding of a high corn silage diet. Overall feed intake. weight gains and feed conversion were similar (P>.05) for steers supplemented with sodium bicarbonate as for those that did not receive the buffer. Small period differences in performance that were observed between treatments were not significant (P>.05). Carcass characteristics were similar for the control and sodium bicarbonate treatments.
Number of Pages
4
Type
text
Format
application/pdf
Language
en
Publisher
South Dakota State University
Rights
Copyright © 1986 South Dakota State University
Recommended Citation
Luther, Richard M. and Goetz, M., "Whole Shelled Corn with and Without Sodium Bicarbonate for Finishing Beef Steers" (1986). South Dakota Beef Report, 1986. 9.
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/sd_beefreport_1986/9