Effects ofAspergillus oryzaeprebiotic on animal performance, nutrients digestibility, and feeding behavior of backgrounding beef heifers fed with either a sorghum silage- or a byproducts-based diet
Abstract:Eighty-four Angus crossbred heifers (13 ± 1 mo of age, 329.5 ± 61.92 kg of body weight [BW]) were used in a generalized randomized block design with a 2 × 2 factorial arrangement of treatments. The factors evaluated were: 1) diet type (whole plant sorghum silage [SS] vs. byproducts-based [BP]), and 2) feed additive: Aspergillus oryzae prebiotic (AOP; 2 g/d) vs. Negative control (CTL; 0 g/d), resulting in four treatments: sorghum silage-control (SC), sorghum silage-AOP (SA), byproducts-control (BC), and byprodu… Show more
“…To enhance the production efficiency and quality of feedlot cattle through management strategies and technologies ( Cooke et al, 2023 ; Jaborek et al, 2023a , b , and c ; Nickles et al, 2023 ; Podversich et al, 2023 ; Waldon et al, 2023 ).…”
“…To enhance the production efficiency and quality of feedlot cattle through management strategies and technologies ( Cooke et al, 2023 ; Jaborek et al, 2023a , b , and c ; Nickles et al, 2023 ; Podversich et al, 2023 ; Waldon et al, 2023 ).…”
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