Nutritional Performance of Grazing Beef Cattle Supplemented with High-Protein Distillers’ Dried Grain

Autor: Milene Rodrigues Dias, Kamila Andreatta Kling de Moraes, André Soares de Oliveira, Erick Darlisson Batista, Ana Maria Rodrigues Salomão, Alexandre Zambenedetti, Natasha Bedresdke Petrenko, Jarliane Nascimento Sousa, Juliana Candeias Ortelam, Alex Ickert, Carla Silva Chaves, Eduardo Henrique Bevitori Kling de Moraes
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Animals, Vol 14, Iss 8, p 1209 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2076-2615
DOI: 10.3390/ani14081209
Popis: The objective was to evaluate the effects of including high-protein distillers dried grains (HP-DDG; 430 g/CP) in supplements for beef cattle in an intensive finishing pasture system. Five Nellore bulls with an average body weight (BW) of 413.5 ± 32 kg were distributed in a 5 × 5 Latin square design. The animals were randomly allocated to Marandu palisade grass paddocks (Urochloa brizantha cv. Marandu), with 0.32 ha each. Protein-energy supplements were evaluated and formulated with different replacement levels (0, 250, 500, 750 and 1000 g/kg) of soybean meal (SBM) by HP-DDG. Supplements were offered once a day in the amount of 6.0 kg/animal. Replacing SBM with HP-DDG had no effect (p > 0.10) on the intake of total and pasture DM, OM, CP, NDFap, digestible organic matter (DOM), metabolizable protein and CP:DOM ratio. Total and pasture DM intake averaged 6.07 and 11.54 kg/day, respectively. Replacing SBM with HP-DDG reduces and increases, respectively, the intake of degradable (RDP) and undegradable (RUP) protein in the rumen (p < 0.10) with a consequent linear reduction in ruminal ammonia concentration (RAN), nitrogen excretion in urine and serum N concentration (SUN) (p < 0.10). In supplements offered in the amount of 6.0 kg animal/day, SBM can be completely replaced by HP-DDG.
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