Abstract
Twenty-four yearling Hereford steers were randomly divided into eight groups of three and fed pelleted experimental rations for 158 days. The variables among the rations were potassium acid phosphate, wheat straw, and dehydrated alfalfa. None of the steers displayed symptoms of urinary calculi during the experiment. At slaughter, six steer had several small stones present in the bladder; but these animals were equally distributed between the treatments. Results from the analyses of blood and urine samples taken during the experiment indicated that: Copyright © . .