Effect on Performance and Nutrient Mass Balance of Feeding Micro-Aid in Wet Distillers Grains Plus Solubles Diets

Authors

• Annie J. Doerr, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
• Brandon L. Nuttelman, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• William A. Griffin Griffin, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
• Galen E. Erickson, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
• Terry J. Klopfenstein, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
• Joshua R. Benton, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
• Mike J. Rincker, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Date of this Version

2012

Comments

Published in 2012 Beef Cattle Report (2012) p. 98-100. Copyright © 2012 The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska.

Abstract

Finishing cattle performance and mass balance were evaluated when Micro- Aid^® was fed in diets containing wet distillers grains plus solubles (WDGS). There was no difference in performance and carcass characteristics between treatments. In a WINTER experiment, cattle fed Micro-Aid had a greater amount of OM and DM removedin manure. Micro-Aid in the diet increased the amount of manure N and decreased N losses in the WINTER. There was no difference in N excreted in manure or lost via volatilization in the SUMMER experiment.