Table 4.
Ingredient composition of the concentrate pellet fed during the animal case study feeding trial.
| Ingredient | % of pellet (as fed basis) |
|---|---|
| Ground corn | 39.2 |
| Extruded soybean | 16.5 |
| Wheat middlings | 13.0 |
| Roasted soybean | 7.99 |
| Mixed grains1 | 6.99 |
| Barley meal | 6.99 |
| Molasses | 2.98 |
| Salt | 1.49 |
| Sodium bicarbonate | 1.45 |
| Dicalcium phosphate | 0.75 |
| Mineral and vitamins premix2 | 0.67 |
| Pellet binder | 0.60 |
| Magnesium oxide | 0.49 |
| Magnesium sulfate | 0.33 |
| Limestone | 0.32 |
| XPC yeast3 | 0.17 |
| Zinpro 1004 | 0.06 |
1
Rye, wheat and peas (Morrison’s Custom Feeds, Barnet, VT).
2
Mineral and vitamin mix contained (as-fed basis): 8% Ca, 3.5% P, 16% salt, 8% Mg, 22 mg/kg of Co, 452 mg/kg of Cu, 1,162 mg/kg of Mn, 28.5 mg/kg of Se, 2,332 mg/kg of Zn, 220.3 kIU/kg of vitamin A, 22.0 kIU/kg of vitamin D, and 2.64 kIU/kg of vitamin E.
3
Fermented product generated from yeast cultures (Diamond V, Cedar Rapids, IA).
4
Feed ingredient containing 10% organic zinc (Zinpro, Eden Prairie, MN).