Effects of dried distillers grains with solubles and crude glycerin on performance, carcass characteristics, and metabolic parameters of early weaned beef calves
2011
Gunn, P.J. | Lemenager, R.P. | Buckmaster, D.R. | Claeys, M.C. | Lake, S.L.
The effects of dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS) and crude glycerin on performance, carcass, and metabolic parameters in early weaned (EW) beef calves were assessed. Fifty EW Angus-cross calves (123 d of age; 170 kg of BW) were blocked by BW and randomly assigned to 1 of 5 dietary treatments: 1) haylage-based control (NEG), 2) corn-based control (POS), 3) 30% DDGS and corn (DDGS+C), 4) 30% DDGS with 15% glycerin replacing corn (15GLY), and 5) 30% DDGS with 30% glycerin replacing corn (30GLY). Diets were fed ad libitum for 160 d. Cattle were commingled on trial d 160 and fed a corn-based finishing diet until slaughter at a common 12th-rib fat depth of 1.0 cm. Final EW phase BW and ADG (P ≤ 0.04) were greater for DDGS+C and 15GLY when compared with 30GLY. Calves fed DDGS+C reached slaughter faster (P = 0.01) when compared with NEG, 15GLY, and 30GLY; however, DDGS+C and POS resulted in lighter slaughter BW and HCW (P ≤ 0.01). Calves fed 15GLY had a greater LM area (P = 0.04) than did POS and DDGS+C, and calves fed 15GLY obtained greater QG (P = 0.05) than did DDGS+C and 30GLY. Calves fed NEG had greater circulating blood glucose and BHBA concentrations (P < 0.001) when compared with DDGS+C. These data suggest that glycerin may be a viable energy equivalent to corn, and diets including 15% glycerin in combination with 30% DDGS may improve feedlot performance and QG when cattle are finished on a corn-based diet.
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