Effects of Dry Matter Intake Restriction on Growth Performance and Carcass Merit of Finishing Steers

Effects of different restricted feeding strategies on performance of growing and finishing dairy bulls offered grass silage and barley based diets

“…Contrary to our hypothesis and many other experiments (Murphy and Loerch 1994;Trial 2, Sainz et al 1995, Rossi et al 2001, Schmidt et al 2005, restricted DMI did not improve DM or energy efficiency in the present experiment, but CP efficiency was improved. Despite of higher DM and ME intake on treatments A and D, feed efficiency was even better compared to restricted treatments during the early part of the growing period similarly as in the experiment of Moloney et al (2008).…”

“…This effect was not found in the present experiment and effects of growth restriction on carcass composition vary between experiments (Hicks et al 1990, Sainz et al 1995, Schmidt et al 2005. Contrary to what we hypothesized and the conclusion of Huuskonen and Huhtanen (2015), ME intake did not improve carcass conformation in the present experiment.…”

Effects of dry matter intake restriction on diet digestion, energy partitioning, phosphorus retention, and ruminal fermentation by beef steers

“…This manner of DMI restriction also reduced external carcass fatness (Albin and Durham, 1967;Sainz et al, 1995;Rossi et al, 2001) and decreased USDA yield grade (Sainz et al, 1995). Restricting DMI without restricting protein or energy intake relative to ad libitum feeding improved G:F, increased ADG, and did not affect carcass value (Schmidt et al, 2005). Met or exceeded NRC (2000) recommended levels of salt, trace minerals, and vitamin A. Monensin and Tylosin (Elanco Animal Health, Greenfield, IN) were included at 33 and 11 mg/kg of complete ration, respectively.…”

“…gestion (Galyean et al, 1979), improved feed efficiency (Sainz et al, 1995;Rossi et al, 2001;Schmidt et al, 2005), reduced feed costs (Knoblich et al, 1997;Loerch and Fluharty, 1998), and improved ADG (Schmidt et al, 2005). In most circumstances, programmed DMI restriction has been detrimental to performance of growing and finishing cattle.…”

“…In our study, we attempted to hold NE m and NE g intakes constant while progressively restricting DMI. Schmidt et al (2005) used a similar approach. Both studies were predicated on the idea that diet composition could be altered between treatments while still maintaining similar intakes of NE m and NE g between treatments.…”