Table 1.
Ingredients and composition of the basal total mixed ration.
| Item | Content |
|---|---|
| Ingredients, g/kg DM 1 | |
| Forage | |
| Alfalfa hay | 475.0 |
| Barley straw | 47.5 |
| Concentrate | |
| Corn grain | 177.0 |
| Barley grain | 99.5 |
| Dried beet pulp | 94.5 |
| Corn gluten feed | 36.7 |
| Soybean meal (47% Crude Protein) | 35.5 |
| Palm oil | 17.7 |
| Sodium bicarbonate | 7.8 |
| Monocalcium phosphate | 3.5 |
| Sodium chloride | 2.9 |
| Vitamin-mineral premix 2 | 2.4 |
| Calculated composition 3 | |
| Crude Protein (g/kg DM) | 156.0 |
| Starch (g/kg DM) | 232.7 |
| Neutral Detergent Fiber (g/kg DM) | 381.7 |
| Net Energy for Lactation (MJ/kg DM) | 6.52 |
| Ca (g/kg DM) | 11.8 |
| P (g/kg DM) | 3.9 |
| Se (mg/kg DM) | 0.240 |
1 DM = Dry Matter. 2 Provided (per kg of diet DM): vitamin A, 7992 IU; vitamin D3, 2088; vitamin E, 32 mg; vitamin B12, 0.0029 mg; niacin, 5.76 mg; biotin, 0.0019 mg; manganese, 24 mg; zinc, 57.6 mg; iron, 3.64 mg; copper, 13.2 mg; iodine, 0.96 mg; cobalt, 0.12 mg; and selenium, 0.240 mg, as sodium selenite in control diet (CON); and 0.144 mg of Se (as sodium selenite) plus 0.096 mg as organic selenium, in inorganic plus organic selenium diet (IOSe). 3 Estimated composition was calculated according to FEDNA [32].