December 2020

Cover
Published in issue: December 2020
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Table of Contents
Published in issue: December 2020
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Editorial Board
Published in issue: December 2020
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FORAGES AND FEEDS

Original Research


Nutritional composition of almond hulls
• E.J. DePeters,
• K.L. Swanson,
• H.M. Bill,
• J. Asmus,
• J.M. Heguy
Published in issue: December 2020
p761-770
Open Access

Retrospective look at a 5-year period of almond hulls composition from samples collected by the California Department of Food and Agriculture
• E.J. DePeters,
• K.L. Swanson,
• H.M. Bill,
• J.M. Heguy,
• J. Asmus,
• T.R. Famula
Published in issue: December 2020
p771-776
Open Access

Nutritive value and fermentation characteristics of silages produced from different sweet sorghum plant components with or without microbial inoculation
• M.A.P. Orrico Junior,
• J.M.B. Vendramini,
• J. Erickson,
• ...
• J.M.D. Sanchez,
• Wilton L. da Silva,
• Hiran M. da Silva
Published in issue: December 2020
p777-783

HEALTH

Original Research

Transcriptomic analysis of peripheral leukocytes in dairy cows with and without evidence of metritis and associated early postpartum disease
• Craig McConnel,
• Sierra Crisp,
• Tyler Biggs,
• ...
• William Sischo,
• Amber Adams-Progar,
• Stephen Ficklin
Published in issue: December 2020
p784-798

Comparative efficacy of metaphylaxis with tulathromycin and pentavalent modified-live virus vaccination in high-risk, newly received feedlot cattle
• Veronica I. Munoz,
• Kendall L. Samuelson,
• Dexter J. Tomczak,
• Hannah A. Seiver,
• Taylor M. Smock,
• John T. Richeson
Published in issue: December 2020
p799-807
Open Access

NUTRITION

Original Research

Effects of the degree of steam flaking and dietary concentration of wet distillers grains on growth performance and carcass characteristics of feedlot cattle*
• Brandon M. Koch,
• N. Andy Cole,
• Christian H. Ponce,
• Eric A. Bailey,
• Mike S. Brown
Published in issue: December 2020
p808-819

Comparison of the effects of dry rolling, temper rolling, and steam flaking barley grain on dry matter intake, growth, and carcass characteristics of finishing beef steers
• C. Nixdorff,
• J.J. McKinnon,
• A.L. Shreck,
• M. Juárez,
• G.B. Penner
Published in issue: December 2020
p820-829

Use of 30-hour in vitro neutral-detergent-fiber digestibility of feedstuffs in dairy ration-formulation software: Evaluation of predictions for milk and methane production in lactating dairy cows
• K.C. Krogstad,
• D.L. Morris,
• P.J. Kononoff
Published in issue: December 2020
p830-838
Open Access
Effects of increasing dietary zinc sulfate fed to primiparous ewes: I. Effects on serum metabolites, mineral transfer efficiency, and animal performance*
• W.C. Stewart,
• T.W. Murphy,
• C.M. Page,
• ...
• J.B. Taylor,
• K. Austin,
• C. Pankey
Published in issue: December 2020
p839-850

PRODUCTION AND MANAGEMENT

Original Research

Effects of the F94L Limousin associated myostatin gene marker on metabolic index in growing beef heifers*
• K.E. Hales,
• R.G. Tait Jr.,
• A.K. Lindholm-Perry,
• ...
• H.C. Freetly,
• T.M. Brown-Brandl,
• G.L. Bennett
Published in issue: December 2020
p851-856
Open Access

Effects of stocking rate on performance of beef steers grazing Nelson annual ryegrass in the deep South
• G. Scaglia
Published in issue: December 2020
p857-867

Competition at an automated supplement feeder affects supplement intake and behavior of beef stocker steers
• T.C. Husz,
• C.L. Goad,
• R.R. Reuter
Published in issue: December 2020
p868-876
Open Access

Performance of preweaned Holstein calves given 2 phytogenic feed supplements in their starter grain
• H.A. Rossow,
• M.J.G. Martinez,
• K.E. Mitchell
Published in issue: December 2020
p877-884
Late-gestation seasonal effects on survival and milk production of first-lactation Holstein dairy cows
• I.M. Toledo,
• A.P. Monteiro,
• G.E. Dahl
Published in issue: December 2020
p885-889

Short Communication

Body condition of F₁ (Hereford × or Angus × Brahman) cows at weaning and effects on cow-calf performance and subsequent postpartum performance
• Monte Rouquette Jr.,
• Kelli D. Norman,
• David G. Riley,
• Ronald D. Randel
Published in issue: December 2020
p890-897

CORRIGENDUM

Corrigendum to “Effects of intake of monensin during the stocker phase and subsequent finishing phase on performance and carcass characteristics of finishing beef steers” (Appl. Anim. Sci. 36:668–676)
• C.P. Weiss,
• P.A. Beck,
• M.S. Gadberry,
• ...
• J. Zhao,
• T. Hess,
• D. Hubbell III
Published in issue: December 2020
p898