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Use of Wet Distillers’ Grains with Solubles Mixed with Ground Hay and Bunker Stored in a Heifer Development Program

Authors: Daryl R. Strohbehn (Iowa State University) , Daniel D. Loy (Iowa State University) , H. Joe Sellers (Iowa State University) , Kevin Mayer (Iowa State University) , Dennis Maxwell (Iowa State University)

Abstract

A total of 124 Angus heifers split into treatment and control groups with three replicates were utilized to compare a bunker stored mixture of wet distillers’ grains with solubles and ground hay to a normal growing ration for developing heifers. Heifers receiving the mixture gained slower, were less efficient in feed conversion and had numerical lower reproductive rates than those on a control ration consisting of corn, haylage, soybean meal and a mineral balancer. However, neither the control or treatment ration mixtures achieved goals set out at the beginning of the trial for growth, efficiency and pregnancy rates.

Keywords: ASL R2410

How to Cite: Strohbehn, D. R. , Loy, D. D. , Sellers, H. J. , Mayer, K. & Maxwell, D. (2009) “Use of Wet Distillers’ Grains with Solubles Mixed with Ground Hay and Bunker Stored in a Heifer Development Program”, Iowa State University Animal Industry Report. 6(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.31274/ans_air-180814-420