Table 2.

Chemical composition and feeding value of dry period feed mixture, lactation feed mixture and concentrate (g/kg of dry matter)

	Dry cow mixture	Lactation mixture	Concentrate
Chemical composition
DM (g/kg of product)	526	458	878
Crude protein	117	149	206
Crude fat	31	31	38
NDF	544	430	298
ADF	318	246	166
Starch	54	110	220
Sugars	55	62	85
Ash	86	85	73
Feeding value
DVEa	44	71	123
OEBb	18	29	28
FOMc	452	509	539
NEL (MJ/kg of DM)	5.25	6.20	7.62

^aIntestinal digestible protein (Tamminga et al., 1994).

^bRumen degraded protein balance (Tamminga et al., 1994).

^cFermentable organic matter.