Table 1.
Growing diet fed days 0 to 55
| CON | POS | RPL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DM, % as fed | 62.6 | 62.9 | 63.4 |
| Ingredient, %DM | |||
| Dry-rolled corn | 35.2 | 35.1 | 35.2 |
| DDGS | 11.8 | 2.6 | 11.2 |
| Corn silage | 28.0 | 28.0 | 28.0 |
| Sweet Brana | 20.0 | 20.1 | 20.0 |
| Amino Plusb | - | 9.2 | - |
| AjiPro Lc | - | - | 0.6 |
| Microingredient pre-mixd | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Analyzed compositione, % DM | |||
| Crude protein | 13.0 | 14.6 | 14.1 |
| NDF | 21.1 | 19.3 | 20.7 |
| Ether extract | 5.9 | 5.1 | 6.1 |
| Ala | 0.80 | 0.81 | 0.84 |
| Asp | 0.74 | 0.96 | 0.76 |
| Cys | 0.24 | 0.22 | 0.27 |
| Glu | 1.90 | 2.16 | 1.97 |
| Gly | 0.50 | 0.56 | 0.52 |
| Ile | 0.35 | 0.42 | 0.37 |
| Leu | 1.16 | 1.20 | 1.22 |
| Lys | 0.37 | 0.51 | 0.57 |
| Met | 0.22 | 0.20 | 0.21 |
| Pro | 0.94 | 0.94 | 0.96 |
| Thr | 0.43 | 0.49 | 0.45 |
| Val | 0.49 | 0.55 | 0.52 |
| Calculated NEgf, Mcal/kg | 1.35 | 1.28 | 1.34 |
aBranded wet corn gluten feed (Cargill Corn Milling, Blair, NE).
bTrademarked soybean meal (Ag Processing Inc, Omaha, NE).
cRumen protected Lys product (Ajinomoto Animal Nutrition North America, Eddyville, IA).
dVitamin and mineral pre-mix provided per kilogram of diet DM: 0.15 mg Co (cobalt carbonate), 10 mg Cu (copper sulfate), 20 mg Mn (manganese sulfate), 0.1 mg Se (sodium selenite), 30 mg Zn (zinc sulfate), 0.5 mg I (calcium iodate), and 2,200 IU vitamin A and 25 IU vitamin E (DSM Nutritional Products, Ames, IA). Provided as a percentage of total diet DM: dried distillers grain (3.04%), limestone (1.50%), salt (0.31%), and Rumensin 90 (0.015%).
eFrom Dairyland, Inc. (Arcadia, WI) TMR analysis.
fCalulated using NEg values of feedstuffs from Nutrient Requirements of Beef Cattle (NASEM, 2016).