Sodium Bentonite and Sodium Bicarbonate in High-Concentrate Diets for Lambs and Steers
- 31 March 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Animal Science
- Vol. 48 (4) , 764-769
- https://doi.org/10.2527/jas1979.484764x
Abstract
Sodium bentonite, sodium bicarbonate and a combination of these, initially at levels of 2% each, were incorporated into diets of lambs and steers rapidly converted from a roughage diet to a high-concentrate diet. Acidosis-related lamb death losses were reduced from 19% in controls to 0 to 3% in all treatment groups. No deaths occurred in steers where conditions of adaptation were intentionally made less severe. Only the combination of sodium bentonite and sodium bicarbonate improved lamb and steer performance during the initial 21-day period increasing feed intake and weight gains, respectively, 19% and 37% for lambs, and 16% and 41% for steers. Following the initial 21-day period, the treatment materials were reduced to 1% in some instances and withdrawn in others. Under these conditions, improvements in performance observed initially were not sustained during the remainder of the finishing period. The incidence of abscessed livers in steers tended to be lower and urinary calculi in lambs and steers tended to be higher in those fed sodium bicarbonate. Copyright © 1979. American Society of Animal Science . Copyright 1979 by American Society of Animal Science.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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