Inclusion of extract into finishing diets: impacts on ruminal, physiological, and productive responses of feedlot cattle.

This experiment compared ruminal, physiological, and productive responses of feedlot cattle receiving extract to replace or fed in conjunction with monensin + tylosin. Angus-influenced steers ( = 120) were ranked by body weight (; 315 ± 3 kg) and allocated to 4 groups of 30 steers each. Groups were housed in 1 of 4 drylot pens (30 × 12 m) equipped with GrowSafe feeding systems (4 bunks/pen) during the experiment (day -14 to slaughter).

Pre- and post-weaning injections of bovine somatotropin to optimize puberty achievement of beef heifers.

The present study evaluated the growth and puberty attainment of heifers administered recombinant bovine somatotropin (bST) or saline injections during preweaning and/or postweaning. On day 0, 177 suckling Nellore heifers were stratified by initial age and body weight (BW) (80 ± 10 d; 97 ± 16 kg), and randomly assigned, in a 2 × 2 factorial design ( = 44 to 45 heifers/treatment), to receive s.c.