Table 1.
Ingredient and chemical composition of the diet (DM basis)
| Item | TMR |
|---|---|
| Ingredient (%) | |
| Corn silage | 23.10 |
| Alfalfa hay | 9.20 |
| Chinese wildrye | 8.60 |
| Corn grain | 12.90 |
| Dry distillers grains | 2.60 |
| Soybean meal | 8.80 |
| Soybean dried grain | 3.73 |
| Barley grain | 5.90 |
| Beet pulp | 5.90 |
| Cotton seed meal | 3.93 |
| Soybean curb residue | 5.60 |
| Wheat bran | 2.40 |
| Calcium hydrogen phosphate | 1.32 |
| Rumen protected methionine | 0.06 |
| Fatty powder | 0.85 |
| Limestone | 1.56 |
| Salt | 1.02 |
| Molasses | 0.08 |
| Sodium bicarbonate | 1.81 |
| Magnesium oxide | 0.21 |
| Premix1 | 0.43 |
| Total | 100.00 |
| Chemical composition | |
| NEL2 (Mcal/kg DM) | 1.38 |
| CP (% DM) | 17.77 |
| NDF (% DM) | 43.80 |
| ADF (% DM) | 21.83 |
| Ca (% DM) | 0.94 |
| P (% DM) | 0.41 |
1
Contained per kilogram of the premix: vitamin A, 2,000,000 IU; vitamin D, 300,000 IU; vitamin E, 3,000 IU; Cu, 3,500 mg; Fe, 10,000 mg; Zn, 10,000 mg; Mn, 9,000 mg; Mg, 9,800 mg; I, 90 mg; Se, 40 mg; Co, 30 mg.
2
Calculated value (based on China Standard NY/t 34, 2004 and NRC (2001)).