A meta-analysis evaluation of supplementing dried distillers grains plus solubles to cattle consuming forage-based diets

Griffin, William A.; Bremer, Virgil R.; Klopfenstein, Terry J.; Stalker, Leslie Aaron; Lomas, L. W.; Moyer, Joseph L.; Erickson, Galen E.

doi:10.15232/s1080-7446(15)30360-0

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“…Supplementation is often needed when forage quality or quantity is limited to maintain adequate performance of cattle fed or grazing forage. Research has suggested that DDGS can be a useful supplement for cattle fed or grazing forage (Griffin et al, 2012). In our experiment, supplementation of DDGS increased total DMI, G:F, and ADG and decreased hay intake.…”

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“…Supplementation of forage-based diets usually improves performance by increasing the intake and digestibility of the forage, by supplying additional energy or protein necessary for the observed improved performance, or both (Fisher, 2002). The use of ethanol byproducts as a supplement for forage-based feeding or grazing systems has increased in recent years and ethanol byproducts, such as dried distillers grains plus solubles (DDGS), can be an effective supplement for foragebased systems (Griffin et al, 2012). However, less is known about the effects of supplementation on feeding behavior and behavioral factors contributing to differences in animals' responses to supplements.…”

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Influence of supplementation with corn dried distillers grains plus solubles to growing calves fed medium-quality hay on growth performance and feeding behavior1

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To determine the effect of increasing supplementation of corn dried distillers grains plus solubles (DDGS) on growth performance and feeding behavior, 70 steer calves (287 ± 10 kg of BW) were blocked by BW to 3 pens equipped with Insentec feeders. For 84 d, calves were fed medium-quality grass/legume hay offered for ad libitum intake and provided 1 of 3 dietary supplemental treatments (n = 7 or 8 steers per treatment within each pen; n = 23 or 24 per treatment): 1) nothing, 2) DDGS at 0.5% of BW daily (DM basis), and 3) DDGS at 1% of BW daily (DM basis). Hay intake (kg/d and % of BW daily) decreased linearly (P < 0.001) as DDGS supplementation increased. Total DMI (kg/d and % of BW) increased linearly (P < 0.001) with DDGS supplementation. Average daily gain and gain efficiency (G:F) responded quadratically (P ≤ 0.006) as G:F increased to a lesser extent when DDGS supplementation increased from 0.5 to 1% than from 0 to 0.5%. Meals (number per day) and time eating per meal for hay and total diet decreased linearly (P ≤ 0.006) with increasing DDGS supplementation. Time eating per day for hay responded quadratically (P < 0.001) and decreased to a greater extent when increasing from 0 to 0.5% DDGS supplementation than from 0.5 to 1% DDGS. Feed intake per minute (eating rate) for hay and total diet increased linearly (P ≤ 0.05) with increasing DDGS supplementation. On d 84, LM area, back fat thickness, and rump fat thickness increased linearly (P ≤ 0.006) with increasing DDGS supplementation. There were significant day × treatment interactions (P < 0.001) for plasma glucose and urea-N concentrations. Glucose did not change over the feeding period in control steers but increased in both supplemented groups. Urea-N decreased for control steers over the feeding period whereas urea-N increased in supplemented steers. In conclusion, supplementation of DDGS in amounts of 0.5 or 1% of BW daily can be used to reduce hay intake and improve ADG and G:F in growing steers fed medium-quality hay. Additionally, DDGS supplementation alters feeding behavior.

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Influence of supplementation with corn dried distillers grains plus solubles to growing calves fed medium-quality hay on growth performance and feeding behavior1

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Goulart³

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“…Experiments have reported linear and quadratic increases in average daily body weight gains and final body weight of steers, respectively, with DDGS supplementation on pasture (Griffin et al, 2012). In 2005, an experiment was initiated in Nebraska to evaluate whether supplementation of DDGS to beef cattle grazing unfertilized smooth bromegrass pasture could replace forage in diets, improve N use efficiency, and be cost effective relative to unsupplemented cattle grazing N‐fertilized and unfertilized pastures (Greenquist et al, 2009, 2011; Watson et al, 2012).…”

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Nitrogen Input Effects on Herbage Accumulation and Presence of Pasture Plant Species

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Long-term responses of pasture plant species to management strategies that vary amount and form of N inputs form a knowledge gap. Our objective was to determine how supplementation of grazing beef cattle (Bos taurus) with corn (Zea mays L.) dried distillers grains plus solubles (DDGS) in unfertilized pasture (SUPP) aff ects annual herbage accumulation and presence of plant species and functional groups relative to unsupplemented beef cattle on unfertilized (CONT) and N-fertilized (FERT) smooth bromegrass (Bromus inermis Leyss.) pasture. We addressed this objective in the sixth (2010) and seventh (2011) years of a long-term experiment in eastern Nebraska, where N input from DDGS supplementation and urea fertilizer averaged 0, 43, and 90 kg ha -1 yr -1 within CONT, SUPP, and FERT, respectively. For these years, annual herbage accumulation averaged 6.87, 6.80, and 10.58 Mg ha -1 (LSD = 1.49) and 66.5, 66.2, and 76.0% of herbage accumulated by 25 June (LSD = 5.3) in CONT, SUPP, and FERT, respectively. Smooth bromegrass occurred in 99.8% of 0.1-m 2 pasture quadrats regardless of treatment. Cessation of N fertilizer input, however, increased presence of annual foxtail (Setaria spp.), annual graminoids, and annuals among quadrats in CONT relative to FERT. Supplementation of DDGS, while shown in previous studies to improve weight gains and N use efficiency in cattle, supplied enough N through excretion to provide an intermediate level of resistance to annual weeds. Nitrogen excreted from cattle supplemented with DDGS, however, did not aff ect herbage accumulation in subsequent years.

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“…Griffin et al (2012) realizaron un análisis de 20 estudios donde se utilizaron dietas a base de forraje en bovinos en pastoreo; los resultados mostraron que la ganancia diaria de peso incrementó linealmente (P<0.001) y tendió a ser cuadrática conforme aumentó la cantidad de bagazo (0.00 a 1.03% del PV d -1 ).…”

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A meta-analysis evaluation of supplementing dried distillers grains plus solubles to cattle consuming forage-based diets

Cited by 19 publications

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Influence of supplementation with corn dried distillers grains plus solubles to growing calves fed medium-quality hay on growth performance and feeding behavior1

Influence of supplementation with corn dried distillers grains plus solubles to growing calves fed medium-quality hay on growth performance and feeding behavior1

Nitrogen Input Effects on Herbage Accumulation and Presence of Pasture Plant Species

Bagazo húmedo de cervecería como sustituto de cereales en la suplementación de ovinos

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