Table 1.
Diet composition of diets containing tylosin phosphate or containing no tylosin phosphate fed to finishing steers to assess the efficacy of intermittently feeding tylosin phosphate on liver abscess incidence
| Item | |
|---|---|
| Ingredient (%, DM) | |
| Steam-flaked corn | 57.68 |
| Sweetbran1 | 30.00 |
| Corn silage | 10.00 |
| Supplement2 | 2.32 |
| Nutrient composition (DM basis), calculated2 | |
| CP, % | 13.30 |
| NEm, MJ/kg | 2.14 |
| NEg, MJ/kg | 1.48 |
| NDF, % | 19.06 |
| Ca, % | 0.66 |
| P, % | 0.49 |
| Salt, % | 0.25 |
1Wet corn gluten feed, Cargill Starches & Sweeteners North America, Minneapolis, MN.
2Contains limestone, salt, urea, trace mineral/vitamin premix to provide (on a total diet DM basis) 0.15 mg/kg cobalt, 10 mg/kg copper, 0.50 mg/kg iodine, 20 mg/kg manganese, 0.10 mg/kg selenium, 30 mg/kg zinc, 2205 IU/kg vitamin A, 22 IU/kg vitamin E, and 33 mg/kg monensin (Rumensin, Elanco Animal Health). Tylosin phosphate (Tylan, Elanco Animal Health) was fed at 9.9 mg/kg.
2Calculated based on Nutrient Requirements of Beef Cattle (7th Revised Edition) values.