Table 1.
Ingredient and nutrient composition (% of DM unless otherwise noted) of the formulated diet
| Item | TMR |
|---|---|
| Ingredient | |
| Haylage1 | 31.2 |
| Corn silage2 | 16.8 |
| Whole cottonseed | 6.4 |
| Dry ground shelled corn | 24.8 |
| Distillers dried grains | 6.2 |
| Soybean meal, solvent | 4.3 |
| Soy hulls | 3.6 |
| Soybean meal, expeller3 | 3.6 |
| Calcium | 0.91 |
| Megalac4 | 0.80 |
| Sodium bicarbonate | 0.54 |
| Mineral mix5 | 0.30 |
| Urea | 0.22 |
| UW ADE6 | 0.18 |
| Magnesium oxide | 0.13 |
| VIP Rumensin 57 | 0.10 |
| Vitamin E | 0.03 |
| Nutrient | |
| DM (TMR, % of as fed) | 52.0 |
| CP (%) | 17.5 |
| NDF (%) | 31.6 |
| NFC (%) | 39.8 |
| Fat (%) | 5.0 |
| NEL (Mcal/kg) | 1.76 |
| Ca (%) | 0.95 |
| P (%) | 0.37 |
1
Contained 18.2% CP, 32.5% ADF, and 44.3% NDF.
2
Contained 8.3% CP, 24.0% ADF, and 38.0% NDF.
3
Exceller meal (Quality Roasting Inc., Valders, WI).
4
Megalac (Arm & Hammer, Ewing, NJ).
5
Contained 88% NaCl, 0.002% Co, 0.2% Cu, 0.012% I, 0.18% Fe, 0.8% Mn, 0.006% Se, and 1.4% Zn.
6
Vitamin A, 3,300,000 IU/kg; vitamin D, 1,100,000 IU/kg; vitamin E, 11,000 IU/kg.
7
Premix contained 11 g/kg of Rumensin (Elanco Animal Health, Greenfield, IN).