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<blockquote data-quote="beefandsleep" data-source="post: 4049208" data-attributes="member: 4148">I was a very enthusiastic user of yeast in finishing rations for many years and was totally convinced of its effectiveness. I think I have recommended it on here more than once. I recently changed my ration in an effort to make it more rumen friendly, the aim being to reduce the length of time taken for cattle to adjust to the finishing diet and get up to speed and lessen the variability in performance I was seeing within groups which I believed to be caused by a high occurrence of sub clinical acidosis.At the time of starting on the new ration I had run out of yeast and made up a large batch of premix without it. I have been staggered by the performance of the cattle on the new diet and have no plans to use yeast again.I think yeast has its place in some circumstances but gains in fcr s and reductions in acidosis, which I did see, are marginal. If you need a feed additive to reduce acidosis then I am now of the opinion that you should be looking to re-evaluate your entire ration.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="beefandsleep, post: 4049208, member: 4148"] I was a very enthusiastic user of yeast in finishing rations for many years and was totally convinced of its effectiveness. I think I have recommended it on here more than once. I recently changed my ration in an effort to make it more rumen friendly, the aim being to reduce the length of time taken for cattle to adjust to the finishing diet and get up to speed and lessen the variability in performance I was seeing within groups which I believed to be caused by a high occurrence of sub clinical acidosis. At the time of starting on the new ration I had run out of yeast and made up a large batch of premix without it. I have been staggered by the performance of the cattle on the new diet and have no plans to use yeast again. I think yeast has its place in some circumstances but gains in fcr s and reductions in acidosis, which I did see, are marginal. If you need a feed additive to reduce acidosis then I am now of the opinion that you should be looking to re-evaluate your entire ration. [/QUOTE]

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