| Vitamin E supplementation in beef finishing diets containing 35% wet distillers grains with solubles: Feedlot performance and carcass characteristics. | |
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PMID: 22147485 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Supplementation of vitamin E has indications for improving cattle health, performance, and retail characteristics when included in grain-based diets. This experiment was conducted to determine performance and carcass characteristics of steers fed diets containing wet distillers grains with solubles (WDGS) and supplemented with vitamin E. Steers of mixed Bos indicus and Bos taurus breeding (n = 199; BW = 363 ± 32 kg) were blocked by BW and assigned to 1 of 4 supplemental vitamin E (VITE) treatment levels (0 [Control], 125, 250, and 500 IU·steer(-1)·day(-1)), which was fed for the last 97 d of the feeding period. Two blocks were on feed 129 d and 3 blocks were fed for 150 d. Steers were fed a dry-rolled corn-based finishing diet with 35% WDGS (DM basis). Individual BW were measured initially, the initial day of vitamin E supplementation, and the day of harvest. Carcass weights were collected at harvest, and carcass data were collected after a 36-h chill. Live BW and ADG were not affected by VITE (P ≥ 0.34). There was a tendency for a linear (P = 0.08) increase in carcass adjusted BW with increasing VITE. Use of carcass adjusted final BW resulted in a linear increase (P = 0.04) in ADG with increasing VITE. Pre-vitamin E and vitamin E feeding period DMI were not affected (P ≥ 0.24) by VITE, but there was a tendency (P = 0.08) for a linear increase in overall DMI with increasing VITE. No difference (P ≥ 0.29) occurred in G:F measures using live weight gains, but G:F using carcass adjusted weight gains resulted in a trend (P = 0.11) for G:F to increase linearly with increasing VITE. Hot carcass weights tended (P = 0.08) to increase linearly with increasing dietary vitamin E. Vitamin E supplementation resulted in no effects (P ≥ 0.13) on measured carcass characteristics. Calculated yield grades (YG) were also not affected (P ≥ 0.37). However, the distribution of calculated YG resulted in a quadratic effect (P = 0.02) for YG 3 with the Control and 500 VITE being greater than the 2 intermediate levels. However, the percentage of carcasses grading YG 3 or lower were not affected by vitamin E supplementation (P = 0.64). No differences were observed in the distribution of quality grades based on marbling scores (P ≥ 0.57). Data from this study suggest that vitamin E supplemented above basal requirements during the last 97 d of the feeding period in finishing diets containing 35% WDGS results in slight to no impact on animal performance or carcass characteristics. |
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Authors:
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D B Burken; R B Hicks; D L Vanoverbeke; G G Hilton; J L Wahrmund; B P Holland; C R Krehbiel; P K Camfield; C J Richards |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-12-6 |
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Title: Journal of animal science Volume: - ISSN: 1525-3163 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Dec |
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Created Date: 2011-12-7 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8003002 Medline TA: J Anim Sci Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Department of Animal Science, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater 74078. |
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