Table 1.
Formulated nutrient composition of the base formula 1,2.
| Nutrient | Units | Base Formula | Final Composition 3 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Per kg | Per Liter | Per kg | Per Liter | ||
| Energy and Macronutrients | |||||
| Metabolizable Energy | kcal | 4286.4 | 857.3 | 3989.4 | 797.9 |
| Crude Protein | g | 241.0 | 48.2 | 224.3 | 44.9 |
| Crude Fat | g | 241.0 | 48.2 | 224.3 | 44.9 |
| Lactose | g | 369.1 | 73.8 | 343.5 | 68.7 |
| Crude Fiber | mg | 20.0 | 4.0 | 18.6 | 3.7 |
| Ash | g | 85.3 | 17.1 | 79.4 | 15.9 |
| Minerals | |||||
| Calcium | mg | 1000.0 | 200.0 | 930.7 | 186.1 |
| Copper | mg | 12.1 | 2.4 | 11.2 | 2.2 |
| Total Phosphorous | mg | 800.0 | 160.0 | 744.6 | 148.9 |
| Potassium | mg | 1835.0 | 367.0 | 1707.8 | 341.6 |
| Selenium | μg | 875.0 | 175.0 | 814.4 | 162.9 |
| Sodium | mg | 345.0 | 69.0 | 321.1 | 64.2 |
| Zinc | mg | 120.0 | 24.0 | 111.7 | 22.3 |
| Vitamins and Other Nutrients | |||||
| Vitamin A | IU | 82,427.3 | 16,485.5 | 76,715.0 | 15,343.0 |
| Vitamin D | IU | 11,563.9 | 2312.8 | 10,762.5 | 2152.5 |
| Vitamin E | IU | 253.3 | 50.7 | 235.7 | 47.1 |
| Lysine | g | 25.2 | 5.0 | 23.4 | 4.7 |
| Methionine + Cysteine | g | 9.9 | 2.0 | 9.2 | 1.8 |
1 ProNurse® Specialty Milk Replacer (Purina Animal Nutrition, Gray Summit, MO, USA) was used as the base formula and nutritional composition is adapted from advertised nutrient composition. 2 Milk was reconstituted at a rate of 200 g of milk replacer per 800 g of water. 3 The base formula was diluted 6.93% to allow addition of oligosaccharides.