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. 2017 Mar 25;30(10):1416–1424. doi: 10.5713/ajas.16.0579

Table 1.

Ingredient and chemical composition of basal diet

Items Content (g/kg)
Ingredient
 Concentrate1) 333.5
 Cottonseed 37.9
 Beet pulp, pellet 32.8
 Premix2) 1.8
 Corn silage 453.2
 Oat grass 140.8
Chemical composition3)
 NEL (Mcal/kg) 1.7
 Crude protein 175.0
 Ether extracts 25.0
 Neutral detergent fiber 311.0
 Acid detergent fiber 151.0
 Calcium 6.6
 Phosphorus 2.8

NEL, net energy for lactation.

1)

The concentrate was from Shanghai Bright Holstan Co., Ltd. It contained 158.3 mg/kg corn, 35.3 mg/kg soybean meal, 52.9 mg/kg soybean hull, 54.9 mg/kg dried distillers grains with solubles, 16.7 mg/kg brewer’s grain, 2.2 mg/kg sodium chloride, 3.5 mg/kg calcium carbonate, 4.4 mg/kg calcium hydrophosphate, 3.3 mg/kg sodium bicarbonate.

2)

The premix per kilogram diet contained 3,000 IU vitamin A, 31,400 IU vitamin D, 30 IU vitamin E, 100 mg iron, 10 mg copper, 35 mg zinc, 20 mg manganese, 0.3 mg iodine, 0.1 mg selenium, 0.08 mg cobalt.

3)

NEL was calculated and others were measured.