ABSTRACT: Forty crossbred beef steers (243 ± 2 kg
of BW) with ruminal and abomasal infusion catheters
were used to test 2 hypotheses: 1) visceral mass is responsive
to energy input and site of carbohydrate (CHO)
infusion and 2) rate and site of adipose accretion are
dependent on site of CHO infusion and complexity.