Effect of Length of Time Spent on The Receiving Diet on Growth Performance, Rumination Activity, and Carcass Outcomes in Beef × Dairy Steers

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2026
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Abstract
Lay Summary We investigated the effect of increasing length of time spent on a 30% roughage equivalent (RE) receiving diet on growth performance, carcass characteristics, rumination activity, and sera metabolites in lightweight Angus × Holstein steers. Treatments consisted of a corn silage-based receiving diet, formulated to provide 30% roughage equivalency (RE; 60% DM basis), fed for either 28 (REC28), 56 (REC56), or 84 d (REC84) post-feedlot arrival before transitioning to a 12% RE finishing diet (6 replicate pens per treatment). Greater time spent on the receiving ration resulted in reduced DMI, ADG, and BW during the first 97 d, but did not alter overall feeding performance or carcass characteristics, including prevalence of liver abscesses. Increased time spent on the receiving diet positively influenced absolute rumination activity and minimally affected circulating concentrations of sera metabolites.
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Authors Becca Grimes Francis, Forest L Francis, Ana Clara B Menezes, Tony C Bryant, Warren Carl Rusche, Zachary K F Smith
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Journal Translational animal science
Year 2026
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10.1093/tas/txag151
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https://doi.org/10.1093/tas/txag151
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