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Progress Reports

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  • Progress Report #1 - Effects of source and level of ruminally protected choline on performance and carcass characteristics of finishing beef steers
  • Progress Report #2 - The relationship between retrograde starch as measured by starch availability estimates and in vitro dry matter disappearance of steam-flaked corn
  • Progress Report #3 - Effects of programmed feeding to a constant average daily gain vs. ad libitum feed intake on performance and carcass characteristics of finishing beef steers
  • Progress Report #4 - Effects of various implant programs on performance and carcass merit of finishing heifers
  • Progress Report #5 - Effects of SarStart DSC on performance and carcass characteristics of finishing beef steers fed dry-rolled or steam-flaked corn diets
  • Progress Report #6 - Effects of Franklin feed-grade limestone vs. Aerion Industries Nutrion limestone on performance and carcass characteristics of finishing beef steers
  • Progress Report #7 - Effects of high-oil corn and mill-run corn plus added fat on performance and carcass characteristics of finishing beef steers
  • Progress Report #8 - Effects of live cultures of Lactobacillus acidophilus (Strains 45 and 51) and Propionibacterium freudenreichii PF-24 on performance and carcass characteristics of finishing beef steers
  • Progress Report #9 - Effects of Sweet Bran® brand corn gluten feed and roughage level on performance and carcass characteristics of finishing beef steers
  • Progress Report #10 - Shade and water application to decrease heat stress of heifers in an experimental feedlot
  • Progress Report #11 - Effects shade on heat-stressed heifers housed under feedlot conditions 
  • Progress Report #12 - Summary of the 2000 Texas Tech University Consulting Nutritionist Survey 
  • Progress Report #13 - Use of individual feeding behavior patterns to classify beef steers into overall finishing performance and carcass characteristic categories
     
  • Progress Report #14 -  Effects of supplemental amylase and roughage source on performance and carcass characteristics of finishing beef cattle
  •  Progress Report #15  -   Effects of intranasal administration of a lysozyme/zinc/carbopol preparation on health and performance of newly received beef cattle
     
  • Progress Report #16 -  Effects of graded levels of supplemental feather meal on performance and carcass characteristics of finishing beef cattle
     
  • Progress Report #17 -  Effects of whole cottonseed on performance, carcass characteristics, and Escherichia coli O157 shedding of finishing beef steers
     
  • Progress Report #18 -  Effects of the proportions of Sweet Bran® (wet corn gluten feed) and/or corn dried distiller's grains with solubles on performance and carcass characteristics of finishing beef cattle fed steam-flaked corn-based diets
     
  • Progress Report #19 -  Effects of corn processing method on performance and carcass characteristics of finishing beef cattle fed diets containing sorghum wet distiller's grains plus solubles
     
  • Progress Report #20 - Effects of bulk density of steam-flaked corn and dietary roughage concentration on performance and carcass characteristics of finishing beef steers
     
  • Progress Report #21 - Effects of BeefPro on performance and carcass characteristics of finishing beef cattle

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