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Cattle Nutrition

Cattle Nutrition. Extension Veterinary Medicine  Texas AgriLife Extension Service College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Science Texas A&M System http://extensionvetmed.tamu.edu. Hay/Grass. Normal Diet Protein and Energy Normal Digestion - Bulk, Long Fiber Microbes - Rumen

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Cattle Nutrition

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  1. Cattle Nutrition Extension Veterinary Medicine  Texas AgriLife Extension Service College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Science Texas A&M System http://extensionvetmed.tamu.edu

  2. Hay/Grass • Normal Diet • Protein and Energy • Normal Digestion - Bulk, Long Fiber • Microbes - Rumen • Motility - Rumen • Chewing - Saliva, Satisfaction • Chewing Cud • Appetite

  3. Protein Supplements • Increase Roughage Intake • Nitrogen Increases Microbes

  4. April - August (5 Mos) – Summer Pastures September - March (7 mos) – Winter Pastures, Hay, Supplements

  5. “I feed my cattle all the hay they want - all they can eat.” • Chase Truck • Catch Cubes in Air

  6. Plenty/Good Hay • Protein/Energy Provided • Plenty/Poor Hay • Protein Def. • Protein Suppl. (Increases appetite for hay) • Not eating enough poor hay - leads to energy def.

  7. Short/Good Hay • Energy Def. • Energy Suppl. • Short/Poor Hay • Protein/Energy Def. • Protein/Energy Suppl.

  8. Feeding Hay/Supplements • Hay/Protein Suppl. (CS Meal, 40% Cubes, Syrup, Blocks, Broiler Litter) • Hay/Energy Suppl. (Grain) • Hay/Protein/Energy Suppl. (Whole CS, Range Meal, 20% Cubes, Broiler Litter + Grain)

  9. Too late in feeding supplements • Lose wt., lose cud • Thin, bottle jaw • Weak, abortion, downer • Black stacked manure, profuse diarrhea

  10. Won’t eat hay - Protein def. • Won’t eat protein suppl. • Will eat grain • Need amino acids oral/IV

  11. Won’t eat grain - Energy def. • Will eat hay, protein suppl. • Need glucose IV

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