Offered Papers Theme A: Efficient Production from Grassland
Description
Supplements are often fed, especially to horses, without realistic expectations of the magnitude of performance response nor knowledge of biological or economic efficiencies of supplementation. The objectives of this experiment were to compare performance of weaned calves vs yearling horses grazing 'Coastal' bermudagrass [Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers] (COS) pastures with and without a protein-energy supplement, and to assess faecal particle size distribution for both calves and horses to document digesta dynamics.
Citation
Rouquette, F. M. Jr.; Grigsby, K. N.; Hansen, D. K.; Potter, G. D.; and Ellis, W. C., "Effect of Supplementation on Performance and Faecal Particle Size Distribution for Yearling Horses and Weaned Calves Grazing Coastal Bermudagrass" (2023). IGC Proceedings (1993-2023). 79.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/20/themeA/79
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Effect of Supplementation on Performance and Faecal Particle Size Distribution for Yearling Horses and Weaned Calves Grazing Coastal Bermudagrass
Supplements are often fed, especially to horses, without realistic expectations of the magnitude of performance response nor knowledge of biological or economic efficiencies of supplementation. The objectives of this experiment were to compare performance of weaned calves vs yearling horses grazing 'Coastal' bermudagrass [Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers] (COS) pastures with and without a protein-energy supplement, and to assess faecal particle size distribution for both calves and horses to document digesta dynamics.
