Digestibility of De-Oiled Modified Distillers Grains Plus Solubles in Forage-Based Diets

Authors

Meredith L. Bremer, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Sarah J. Peterson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Adam L. Shreck Shreck, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Galen E. Erickson, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow
Terry J. Klopfenstein, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
James C. MacDonald, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Date of this Version

2015

Citation

2015 Nebraska Beef Cattle Report, University of Nebraska—Lincoln Extension, MP101.

Comments

Copyright © 2015 University of Nebraska.

Abstract

Over half of Nebraska’s ethanol plants are removing oil from distillers grains via centrifugation of the thin stillage constituent. Removing oil by this method does not impact intake or total tract digestibility in beef cattle growing diets. However, increasing the concentration of de-oiled distillers grains in the diet significantly improved intake and digestibility. Thus, concentration of distillers grain in the diet has a greater impact on total tract digestibility than the fat content in forage-based diets.