Limit Feeding Beef Cows with Bunkered Wet Distillers Grains plus Solubles or Distillers Solubles

Authors

Luke M. Kovarik, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Matt K. Luebbe, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow
Richard J. Rasby, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Galen E. Erickson, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Date of this Version

2009

Comments

Published in 2009 Nebraska Beef Cattle Report (Lincoln, NE: December, 2008). Copyright © 2008 The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska.

Abstract

An experiment was conducted using 70 cows to evaluate performance when limit limit-fed grain byproducts. Cows in the wet distillers grains plus solubles (WDGS) treatment group and those in the distillers solubles (DS) treatment group were limit fed a diet containing 41% byproduct and 59% cornstalks. The control (CON) treatment consisted of ad libitum intake of 43% brome hay, 34% cornstalks and 23% alfalfa haylage. Cows fed WDGS were heavier compared to those in the DS and CON treatment groups. Average daily gain (ADG) tend¬ed to be greater for WDGS treatment compared to the CON treatment. These data suggest that performance of cows limit-fed either WDGS or DS stored in a bunker is similar to that of cows fed an ad libitum forage diet.