Kim Stanford

331. Growth Performance of Backgrounding Steers Fed a Diet with Continuous or Intermittent Inclusion of Ergot Alkaloids with and Without a Mycotoxin Deactivating Product.

Abstract This study evaluated the effect of feeding a backgrounding diet (60% barley silage:40% concentrate; DM basis) containing ergot alkaloids, with and without a mycotoxin-deactivating product (MDP), on the growth performance of feedlot steers. Crossbred steers (n = 360; 330...