Protein and Energy Supplementation to Beef Cows Grazing New Mexico Rangelands, Circular 564, 2000

Series

Circular

Collection name

NMSU Cooperative Extension Service and Agricultural Experiment Station Publications, 1889-Present

Date

2000-07

Decade

2000s

Author

Mathis, Clay P.

Subject (LCSH)

Beef cattle--Feeding and feeds--New Mexico

Proteins in animal nutrition

Subject (NALT)

beef cattle

feeds

protein supplements

New Mexico

Table of contents

General ruminant nutrition

Forage supply and composition

Diet selection

Ruminal protein requirements

Protein supplementation

Forage intake

Sources of supplemental protein

Crude protein concentration of supplements

Escape protein versus ruminally degradable protein

Urea usage in protein supplements

Energy supplementation

substitution with energy supplements

Sources of supplemental energy

Feeding rate

Frequency of supplementation

Situations

Situation 1

Situation 2

Situation 3

Situation 4

Literature cited

Extent

10 pages

Notes

Circular containing information on the nutritional needs of ruminants, and guidelines for supplementing ruminant diets for increased protein and energy

Protein and energy supplementation to beef cows grazing New Mexico rangelands

Original publisher

New Mexico State University

Cooperative Extension Service

College of Agriculture and Home Economics

Place of publication

Las Cruces (N.M.)

Frequency

frequency varies

Digital publisher

New Mexico State University Library

Source

NMSU College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences (ACES)

Language

English

Type

Text

Format

application/pdf

Medium (AAT)

newsletters

Genre (AAT)

periodicals

Access rights

Open to re-use

Metadata cataloger

Bramlett, Suzanne

Schneider, Ingrid

Roth, Michael

Digital identifier

UAAPc000564-2000.pdf