Benefits of Exposing Animals to Poor-Quality Foods Early in Life
Publisher
Utah State University Extension
Publication Year
2014
Body
If feeding poor-quality forages (less than 7% crude protein and 50% TDN) are a necessary part of your livestock operation, exposing replacement females to poor-quality roughage early in life with their mothers may make them more productive over their lifetimes. On the other hand, feeding replacement females high-quality diets early in life may actually hinder animals that are expected to produce and reproduce on rangeland that contains poor-quality forages and forages high in toxins.
Language
English
Resource Type
Text
Document Type
Website
Collection
Keywords
forage
Diet preferences
livestock raising
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