REVIEW: Dietary Roughage Concentration and Health of Newly Received Cattle

From: Professional Animal Scientist | Date: October 1, 2005| Author: Galyean, M L; Nichols, W T; Rivera, J D | Copyright information

Abstract

Receiving cattle into feedlot or backgrounding facilities is a critical activity with respect to cattle health and performance. Because the receiving period is crucial to the economic outcome of cattle feeding, the opposing strategies of starting cattle on higher vs. lower roughage diets continue to be debated in the cattle feeding industry. The rationale for starting cattle on a high roughage diet is based on the perceived advantage of decreasing mortality and morbidity, as t...

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