Table 1.
Nutrient composition of high forage (Pre-calving: D1) and high energy (Post-calving: D2) diets.
| D1 | D2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Ingredient composition (% DM) | ||
| Corn silage | 43.2 | 36.7 |
| Rye silage | 17.3 | 11.3 |
| Sorghum | – | |
| Grass-alfalfa silage | – | |
| Grass hay | 19.2 | |
| Fine ground corn | 9.9 | 21.5 |
| Soybean meal | 4.1 | 8.5 |
| AminoPlus | 2.0 | 5.0 |
| Blood meal | 3.1 | 0.4 |
| Dry corn distillers | – | 2.2 |
| Soybean hulls | – | 6.0 |
| Wheat middlings | – | 3.4 |
| Vitamin-mineral mix | 0.37 | 0.16 |
| Chemical composition (% DM basis) | ||
| Forage | 78.7 | 48.0 |
| CP | 14.6 | 16.8 |
| Soluble protein, % CP | 34.0 | 31.3 |
| RDP | 9.3 | 10.3 |
| ADF | 28.2 | 19.6 |
| NDF | 44.0 | 32.5 |
| Sugar | 2.6 | 3.5 |
| Starch | 21.9 | 29.1 |
| Fat | 3.1 | 3.9 |