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Effects of spring pasture burning, pasture deworming, and grain supplementation on performance of stocker steers grazing native Flinthills pasture
A grazing study was conducted using 445
crossbred beef steers (496 lb) to determine the benefits of feeding a grain-based supplementon burned and unburned native pasture, with and without a Safe-Guard (fenbendazole) treatment while on pasture. Treatments consisted of mineral only, mineral with Safe-Guard treatment at day 29, and a supplement based on dry-rolled corn with a Safe-Guard treatment on day 29. All three treatments provided GainPro to the steers. Twelve pastures were used, six that were burned and six that were not burned during the month before the start of the trial. The control pastures were stocked at 272 lb per acre; the pastures with cattle receiving supplements were stocked at 312 lb per acre, 15% more than controls. Cattle
grazing burned pastures had greater daily
gains (1.81 vs. 1.65 lb/day; P=0.05) and
gained 9 lb more per acre (85 vs. 76 lb/acre;
P=0.03) than those grazing unburned pastures.
Supplementation with grain mix improved the
pounds of gain per acre, compared with cattle
not receiving supplement (95 vs. 76 lb/acre;
P<0.01). Steers treated with Safe-Guard while
on pasture tended to have greater daily gains
(1.73 vs. 1.61; P=0.17) and gained slightly
more weight per acre, but this increase was
not significant (P=0.24). Analysis of fecal samples indicated that deworming while on
pasture did not reduce the average number of
eggs shed per animal, but did increase the percentage of steers shedding no eggs
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