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Larry Berger Homm, Justin Wade 2015-09-25T21:08:23Z 2015-09-25T21:08:23Z 10000-01-01 2007 2007 Four-hundred seven head of steers from known sires (n=28) were used to evaluate the influence of sire, diet, and body composition on feed efficiency and profitability. Diet digestibility was higher for corn based finishing diets and lower for diets containing wet corn gluten feed (WCGF). Average daily gain was the lowest for the diet containing WCGF. Dry matter intake was lower and G:F was higher for diets composed primarily of dry rolled corn (DRC). Cost of gain (COG) was the lowest for diets containing WCGF. Residual feed intake (RFI) was positively correlated to feed cost, COG, DMI, intake over maintenance requirements and negative correlated to G:F. Ranking of animals using RFI and G:F did not change over time on feed. The diet containing WCGF was the least efficient diet on a G:F basis whereas it was the most efficient on an RFI basis. Intake over maintenance, total feed costs, and COG increased linearly as RFI increased. Made available in DSpace on 2015-09-25T21:08:23Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license.txt: 4848 bytes, checksum: 96035ab3f5e1c23cc7138a224ce498bd (MD5) 3290249.pdf: 3370715 bytes, checksum: 2cbef04a8bb1f659bd006018ab65c29a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007 Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 84884 Lift date: Forever Reason: Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs U of I Only 121 p. Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/83603 (MiAaPQ)AAI3290249 eng Agriculture, Animal Culture and Nutrition Effects of Nutrition and Management on Feed Efficiency, Carcass Value, and Profitability in Feedlot Cattle text Animal Sciences Animal Sciences University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dissertation Ph.D.