Residual feed intake in beef cattle and its association with carcass traits, ruminal solid-fraction bacteria, and epithelium gene expression

Table 1 Diet and nutrient composition fed to finishing cattle on RFI testing for 70 d

¹Dried distillers grains with solubles
²Contained 8.5% Ca (as CaCO₃), 5% Mg (as MgO and MgSO₄), 7.6% K (as KCl), 6.7% Cl (as KCl), 10% S (as S₈, prilled), 0.5% Cu (as CuSO₄ and Availa-4; Zinpro Performance Minerals; Zinpro Corp, Eden Prairie, MN)
³Elanco Animal Health, Greenfield, IN
⁴Elanco Animal Health, Greenfield, IN

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