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Biofuel co-products as livestock feed - Opportunities and challenges

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66<strong>Biofuel</strong> <strong>co</strong>-<strong>products</strong> <strong>as</strong> <strong>livestock</strong> <strong>feed</strong> – <strong>Opportunities</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>challenges</strong>TABLE 4Effects of wet distillers grains with solubles (DG) <strong>and</strong> non-protein nitrogen (NPN) on performance by finishing steersItemControlDG, % of DM15% 30%NPN, % of DMNPN, % of DM0 1.5 3.0 0 1.5 3.0Initial BW (2) , kg 373 374 372 372 372 373 373 13Final BW (2) , kg b,c 600 597 611 598 588 587 588 12Adjusted final BW (3) , kg b,c 600 591 600 598 586 585 586 9DMI, kg/d a 9.75 9.47 9.78 9.82 9.45 9.45 9.76 0.26Adjusted ADG, kg/d b,c 1.76 1.68 1.75 1.74 1.66 1.65 1.65 0.04Adjusted G:F, g/kg b,c 180.9 177.3 179.5 178.2 175.6 174.2 168.9 3.73Hot carc<strong>as</strong>s weight, kg b,c 385 379 385 384 376 376 376 6Dressing percent b,d 65.1 64.3 64.0 64.3 64.0 64.0 63.9 0.3512 th rib fat, cm 1.24 1.21 1.24 1.29 1.23 1.20 1.25 0.08Longissimus muscle area, cm 2 92.3 91.1 90.0 92.0 93.2 91.7 92.7 1.53Yield grade 2.77 2.75 2.86 2.83 2.63 2.67 3.06 0.20Marbling s<strong>co</strong>re (4) 400 387 405 402 395 400 393 11Notes: (1) St<strong>and</strong>ard error of treatment means, n = 8 pens/treatment. DMI = dry matter intake; ADG = average daily gain; G:F =gain:<strong>feed</strong> ratio. (2) Apencil shrink of 4% w<strong>as</strong> applied. (3) Adjusted body weight (BW) w<strong>as</strong> calculated <strong>as</strong> hot carc<strong>as</strong>s weight divided by the overall average observed dressingpercent (64.22%). (4) 300 = Slight; 400 = Small. (a) Linear effect of NPN, P

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