Unit 14-Nutriton of Growing & Finishing Flashcards
______ help animals to fight stress and disease
Vitamins
Crop residue used for grazing stockers
Cornstalks
Used by the animal to produce muscle tissue
Protein
A way to store excess energy
Fat
Used as a source of energy
Carbohydrates
Cattle at 1100-1200Lbs are ready for
Slaughtered
Used to weight feed ingredients
Scale
Feed ____ is determined using samples
Qualtity
Some producers will retain_____ if feed is available
Ownership
Calves are usually ______ at 450-550 Lbs
Weaned
Plains states with commercial feedlots
Kansas
______ cattle are sold to large commercial feedlots
Stocker
Contract feeding is also called _____ feeding
Custom
Important for building bones and body structure
Minerals
“_______ feeders” use home-grown corn and silage
Farmer
Slaughter weights should be about ______ Lbs
1200
Backgounding operations grow cattle to weights of about __________ Lbs
600-700
Backgrounds operations feed out calves, at which point they are often referred to as ______ Cattle
Stocker
_____ is fed to grow muscle tissue
Protein
_______ are used as a source of energy in feed
Carbohydrates
_____ are used as energy and store excess energy
Fats
Properly mixed rations and consistant feed quality to cattle can improve efficiency by __ %
11%
Desired finish weight to slaughter is
1100-1200 Lbs
Feed element that helps to prevent stress & disease
Vitamins
Feed element is a source of energy and is important to provide rapid rate of gain
Carbohydrates
