Cane Molasses in Cattle Finishing Rations

Heinemann, Wolfgang; Hanks, E. M.

doi:10.2527/jas1977.45113x

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“…Improved N use, with dietary molasses inclusion, may be a result of synchronized N and energy availability in the rumen. Conversely, decreased gains, similar to those observed with restricted intake, have been reported with molasses inclusion in mature dairy cattle (Bohman et al, 1954;Lofgreen and Otagaki, 1960;Heinemann and Hanks, 1977).…”

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confidence: 73%

“…Increased dietary energy via molasses supplementation has improved feed use efficiency in mature ruminants; however, these results with high forage diets may have limited applicability to the feeding of calves (Kellogg and Owen, 1969;Brown et al, 1987;Morales et al, 1989). In contrast, molasses inclusion in highenergy dairy cow diets has decreased feed efficiency (FE), possibly due to depressed energy digestibility or energy use efficiency (Lofgreen and Otagaki, 1960;Heinemann and Hanks, 1977). Waldo and Schultz (1960) indicated that sucrose moderately increased in vivo butyrate production in steers.…”

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Effects of Adding Extra Molasses to a Texturized Calf Starter on Rumen Development, Growth Characteristics, and Blood Parameters in Neonatal Dairy Calves

Lesmeister

Heinrichs

2005

Journal of Dairy Science

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A texturized calf starter containing 5 (control) or 12% molasses [on a dry matter (DM) basis] was fed to dairy calves to determine effects on intake, growth, blood parameters, and rumen development. Forty-six Holstein calves (26 male and 20 female) were started at 2 +/- 1 d of age and studied for 42 d. Starter DM intake was measured and fecal scoring was conducted daily. Growth and blood parameter measurements were conducted weekly. A subset of 6 male calves (3 per treatment) was euthanized at 4 wk of age, and rumen tissue sampled for rumen epithelial growth measurements. Starter sugar content was significantly increased in the starter containing extra molasses. Postweaning and overall starter DM intake, overall total DM intake, daily heart girth change, and final heart girth were significantly decreased, whereas overall average daily gain tended to decrease when calves received starter containing 12% molasses. However, blood volatile fatty acid concentrations were significantly increased when calves received a starter containing 12% molasses. No significant differences were observed between calves receiving starters containing 5 or 12% molasses for all other variables. The data indicates that adding extra molasses to a texturized calf starter decreases intake and structural growth, possibly causing decreased weight gain, but increases blood volatile fatty acid concentrations and slightly increases ruminal development. However, feed handling and physical prehension problems in addition to the negative influences on calf growth and intake do not support increasing starter molasses content to 12% of the supplement.

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Effects of Adding Extra Molasses to a Texturized Calf Starter on Rumen Development, Growth Characteristics, and Blood Parameters in Neonatal Dairy Calves

Lesmeister

Heinrichs

2005

Journal of Dairy Science

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“…We had hypothesized that increasing concentration of liquid in the diet would linearly increase ADG up to 9% inclusion, and then ADG would decrease in steers fed 13.5LIQ. This is because previous research reported a decrease in ADG when supplementing finishing cattle over 10% inclusion with molasses when fed a concentrate diet ( Heinemann and Hanks, 1977 ), or over 10% glycerin ( Long et al, 2015 ). Additional work with glycerin suggests that ADG and final live weight are maximized when the product is fed at 7.5% of the diet DM ( Hales et al, 2013 ).…”

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“…Liquid supplementation of cattle is not a new topic and has been studied since the early 1970s ( Fisher et al, 1973 ; Heinemann and Hanks, 1977 ). Liquid supplements used in livestock diets contain readily available energy, such as glycerin, molasses, or a combination of molasses and glycerin ( Pate, 1983 ; Hales et al, 2013 ; Ciriaco et al, 2015 ); NPN, usually in the form of urea ( Kunkle et al, 1997 ); as well as a balance of trace minerals.…”

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Effects of increasing dietary level of a commercial liquid supplement on growth performance and carcass characteristics in feedlot steers

Felix

Long

Stierwalt

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Translational Animal Science

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Feeding cattle liquid supplements has become increasingly popular in the feedlot industry; however, optimal inclusion of liquid supplements in feedlot cattle diets is not known. The objectives of this study were to determine the optimal inclusion of liquid supplementation to maximize growth performance and improve carcass characteristics, as well as estimate the energy value of liquid supplementation when used as a direct corn replacement, for feedlot steers fed a concentrate-based diet. Two hundred and eighty steer calves were stratified by BW into light (BW = 208 ± 9 kg; n = 24) and heavy (BW = 275 ± 8 kg; n = 16) pens. Pens within BW block were randomly assigned to 1 of 4 supplements: 1) dry at 4.5% inclusion (0LIQ), 2) liquid (a proprietary blend from Quality Liquid Feeds; Dodgeville, WI) at 4.5% inclusion (4.5LIQ), 3) liquid at 9% inclusion (9LIQ), or 4) liquid at 13.5% inclusion (13.5LIQ). The remainder of the diet was 47.5% to 55.5% dry rolled corn, 20% corn silage, and 20% modified wet distillers grains with solubles (DM basis). Data were analyzed as a randomized complete block design and linear and quadratic were examined to determine effects of increasing dietary concentrations of liquid. Steers fed 4.5LIQ and 9LIQ had greater (quadratic; P ≤ 0.05) final BW, HCW, and NEm and NEg, and less DMI as a percent of BW compared to steers fed 13.5LIQ. Steers fed 0LIQ were intermediate and not different from other treatments. However, ADG and total BW gain did not differ (P ≥ 0.15) among treatments. Despite the lack of treatment effect on live measures of gain, feeding steers 4.5LIQ and 9LIQ resulted in greater carcass ADG (quadratic; P = 0.03), total carcass gain (quadratic; P = 0.04), and more efficient carcass gain (quadratic; P ≤ 0.01) compared to carcasses from steers fed 13.5LIQ. Feeding steers a liquid supplement at 9% of the diet, DM allowed for the greatest final BW and ADG in this study; however, there was no benefit of increasing liquid to 13.5%.

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“…Da mesma forma, Heinemann;Hanks (1977) verificaram queda no ganho de peso em bovinos adultos recebendo 0,35% do peso vivo em melaço de cana (aproximadamente 1,75 kg de melaço de cana por dia) quando comparados àqueles recendo concentrado a base de milho.…”

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Substituição do milho por fontes alternativas de energia no concentrado de bezerros leiteiros: desempenho e metabolismo

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Cane Molasses in Cattle Finishing Rations

Cited by 6 publications

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Effects of Adding Extra Molasses to a Texturized Calf Starter on Rumen Development, Growth Characteristics, and Blood Parameters in Neonatal Dairy Calves

Effects of Adding Extra Molasses to a Texturized Calf Starter on Rumen Development, Growth Characteristics, and Blood Parameters in Neonatal Dairy Calves

Effects of increasing dietary level of a commercial liquid supplement on growth performance and carcass characteristics in feedlot steers

Substituição do milho por fontes alternativas de energia no concentrado de bezerros leiteiros: desempenho e metabolismo

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