Effects of Proportion of Supplemental Dietary Crude Protein Supplied by Urea on Performance and Carcass Characteristics of Beef Cattle Fed Steam-Flaked Corn-Based Diets with Wet Corn Gluten Feed1 From: Professional Animal Scientist | Date: February 1, 2006| Author: Richeson, J T; Rivera, J D; Cranston, J J; Abney, M D; Galyean, M L | Copyright American Registry of Professional Animal Scientists Feb 2006. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Abstract

An experiment was conducted to examine the effects of level of urea in steam-flaked corn diets containing 25% (DM basis) wet corn gluten feed on performance and carcass characteristics of beef steers. Crossbred steers (n = 240) were blocked by BW (average initial BW = 402.8 ± 10.75 kg) and assigned to dietary treatments consisting of 3 different ratios (N basis) of urea and cottonseed meal (CSM): 1) 33% urea:67% CSM (33%); 2) 67% urea:33% CSM (67%); and 3) 100% urea:0% CSM (1...