Corn and Sorghum DDG Effects on Feed Intake and Digestibility in Finishing Bulls

A study characterizing four corn and sorghum co-products (DDG) and evaluating their substitution for cottonseed meal in feed for confined finishing cattle. Thirty-six male Nellore cattle with a mean age of 24 months were used in a completely randomized design with three treatments and three replicates. The research concluded that DDG did not interfere with food intake or nutrient digestibility and may be a viable protein substitute.

Use Cases

• Modeling feed substitution effects on nutrient digestibility based on the described experimental treatments.
• Analyzing bromatological composition variability in co-products based on the processing influence mentioned.
• Comparing protein source performance in cattle diets based on the FA, DDG50, and DDG100 treatments.

Strengths

• Experimental design details are provided, including 36 animals, three treatments, and three replicates.
• The study directly compares a conventional supplement (FA) against two levels of DDG substitution (50% and 100%).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Natália Vilas Boas Fonseca via paperswithcode

Collection Method

A controlled animal feeding experiment with a completely randomized design.