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<blockquote data-quote="TexasBred" data-source="post: 705358" data-attributes="member: 6897"><p>I resemble that remark suh :lol2: Yes there are many studies that have been done on feeding corn. In theory corn in whole, cracked, ground or flaked should be the same....The big determining factor is how thoroughly your calves chew the corn and how often and how thoroughly do they ruminate. IF they break the outer coat, yes they will get all the nutrients out of the corn. It may still look like corn but in appearance only. Studies also show that calves are more thorough in breaking and chewing whole corn that mature cows. Like some other feed ingredient like whole cottonseed etc. you will always have some pass thru. If the difference in the cost of the whole corn -vs- chopped or ground corn is great enough then by all means feed it. </p><p></p><p>Bovatec and Rumensin are great ingredients, Bovatec being more foregiving if you make mixing errors, etc. but day in and day out both are worth the cost which should be around $6 per pound of either. I would add a small amount of some readily available high quality protein source in order to raise the protein up to 10-11% and watch'em grow.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TexasBred, post: 705358, member: 6897"] I resemble that remark suh :lol2: Yes there are many studies that have been done on feeding corn. In theory corn in whole, cracked, ground or flaked should be the same....The big determining factor is how thoroughly your calves chew the corn and how often and how thoroughly do they ruminate. IF they break the outer coat, yes they will get all the nutrients out of the corn. It may still look like corn but in appearance only. Studies also show that calves are more thorough in breaking and chewing whole corn that mature cows. Like some other feed ingredient like whole cottonseed etc. you will always have some pass thru. If the difference in the cost of the whole corn -vs- chopped or ground corn is great enough then by all means feed it. Bovatec and Rumensin are great ingredients, Bovatec being more foregiving if you make mixing errors, etc. but day in and day out both are worth the cost which should be around $6 per pound of either. I would add a small amount of some readily available high quality protein source in order to raise the protein up to 10-11% and watch'em grow. [/QUOTE]
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