Table 1. Ingredient and analyzed nutrient composition of moderate energy (OVE) and low energy (CON) diets (% of DM).

Component	Diet
Ingredient, % of DM	CON	OVE
Alfalfa hay	2.00	5.97
Alfalfa silage	8.88	13.61
Ground shelled corn	4.04	12.56
Corn silage	33.21	54.08
Dicalcium phosphate	0.79	0.70
Limestone	0.82	0.84
Magnesium chloride	0.46	0.70
Magnesium oxide	0.40	0.38
Magnesium sulfate	0.99	1.05
Mineral—vitamin premix 1	0.20	0.21
Salt	0.20	0.14
Soybean meal, 48% CP	11.56	4.35
Urea	0.20	0.19
Vitamin A 2	0.01	0.01
Vitamin D 3	0.01	0.01
Vitamin E 4	0.26	0.24
Wheat straw	35.97	-
Whole cottonseed	-	4.98
Chemical Analysis
DM of diet, %	42.40	37.80
NEL, Mcal/kg	1.30	1.60
CP, % DM	14.08	14.45
ADF, % DM	34.40	26.30
NDF, % DM	50.40	38.30

¹Contained a minimum of 5% Mg, 10% S, 7.5% K, 2.0% Fe, 3.0% Zn, 3.0% Mn, 5,000 mg/kg of Cu, 250 mg/kg of I, 40 mg/kg of Co, 150 mg/kg of Se, 2,200 kIU/kg of vitamin A, 660 kIU/kg of vitamin D3, and 7,700 IU/kg of vitamin E.

²Contained 30,000 kIU/kg.

³Contained 5,009 kIU/kg.

⁴Contained 44,000 IU/kg.