Influence of Winter Supplemental Feeding of Cottonseed Cake on Activities of Beef Cows
Issue Date
1965-05-01Keywords
handlingrumination
Defecating
Urinating
supplemental feeding
Resting
beef cows
Cottonseed Cake
winter
ActivitieswalkinggrazingHerefordTexas
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Box, T. W., Brown, G. B., & Liles, J. (1965). Influence of winter supplemental feeding of cottonseed cake on activities of beef cows. Journal of Range Management, 18(3), 124-126.Publisher
Society for Range ManagementJournal
Journal of Range ManagementDOI
10.2307/3895620Additional Links
https://rangelands.org/Abstract
Feeding beef cows 1.5 pounds of cottonseed cake on alternate days during winter on shortgrass range caused no apparent increase in feeding time over cattle receiving no supplement. However, cattle fed supplemental feed were easier to handle, ruminated more, and walked less time than cattle with no supplement.Type
Articletext