Cattle Nutrition

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Cattle Nutrition

• Extension Veterinary Medicine 
• Texas AgriLife Extension Service
• College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical
  Science
• Texas AM System
• http//extensionvetmed.tamu.edu

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Hay/Grass

• Normal Diet
• Protein and Energy
• Normal Digestion - Bulk, Long Fiber
• Microbes - Rumen
• Motility - Rumen
• Chewing - Saliva, Satisfaction
• Chewing Cud
• Appetite

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Protein Supplements

• Increase Roughage Intake
• Nitrogen Increases Microbes

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• April - August (5 Mos) Summer Pastures
• September - March (7 mos) Winter Pastures, Hay,
  Supplements

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I feed my cattle all the hay they want - all
they can eat.

• Chase Truck
• Catch Cubes in Air

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• Plenty/Good Hay
• Protein/Energy Provided
• Plenty/Poor Hay
• Protein Def.
• Protein Suppl. (Increases appetite for hay)
• Not eating enough poor hay - leads to energy def.

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• Short/Good Hay
• Energy Def.
• Energy Suppl.
• Short/Poor Hay
• Protein/Energy Def.
• Protein/Energy Suppl.

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• Feeding Hay/Supplements
• Hay/Protein Suppl. (CS Meal, 40 Cubes, Syrup,
  Blocks, Broiler Litter)
• Hay/Energy Suppl. (Grain)
• Hay/Protein/Energy Suppl. (Whole CS, Range Meal,
  20 Cubes, Broiler Litter Grain)

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• Too late in feeding supplements
• Lose wt., lose cud
• Thin, bottle jaw
• Weak, abortion, downer
• Black stacked manure, profuse diarrhea

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• Wont eat hay - Protein def.
• Wont eat protein suppl.
• Will eat grain
• Need amino acids oral/IV

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• Wont eat grain - Energy def.
• Will eat hay, protein suppl.
• Need glucose IV