Table 2.
Finishing diet formulation fed days 56 to 180
| CON | POS | RPL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DM, % as fed | 68.4 | 68.2 | 68.2 |
| Ingredient, % DM | |||
| Dry-rolled corn | 50.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 |
| DDGS | 8.0 | 1.3 | 7.56 |
| Corn silage | 16.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Sweet Brana | 21.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 |
| Amino Plusb | - | 6.7 | - |
| AjiPro-Lc | - | - | 0.44 |
| Microingredient pre-mixd | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Analyzed compositione, % DM | |||
| Crude protein | 12.8 | 15.2 | 13.5 |
| NDF | 19.1 | 17.0 | 18.7 |
| Ether extract | 4.4 | 7.4 | 5.1 |
| Ala | 0.77 | 0.81 | 0.78 |
| Asp | 0.71 | 0.93 | 0.74 |
| Cys | 0.21 | 0.28 | 0.27 |
| Glu | 1.81 | 2.17 | 1.90 |
| Gly | 0.48 | 0.55 | 0.50 |
| Ile | 0.32 | 0.37 | 0.34 |
| Leu | 1.11 | 1.18 | 1.15 |
| Lys | 0.37 | 0.49 | 0.58 |
| Met | 0.18 | 0.24 | 0.21 |
| Pro | 0.91 | 0.97 | 0.99 |
| Thr | 0.42 | 0.48 | 0.45 |
| Val | 0.45 | 0.50 | 0.48 |
| Calculated NEgf, Mcal/kg | 1.42 | 1.36 | 1.41 |
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).
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).