Table 1.

Ingredients and nutrient composition of the basal diet (DM basis)

Items	Group1)
	CON	CMS1	CMS2	CMS3	CMS4
Ingredients (%)
Corn silage	35.80	35.80	35.80	35.80	35.80
Alfalfa hay	8.33	8.33	8.33	8.33	8.33
Oat hay	3.83	3.83	3.83	3.83	3.83
Corn	16.67	16.67	16.67	16.67	16.67
Soybean meal	11.67	11.25	10.83	10.42	10.00
Beet pulp	6.36	5.95	5.53	5.11	4.70
Cottonseed	4.17	4.17	4.17	4.17	4.17
DDGS	6.25	6.08	5.92	5.75	5.58
Wheat bran	4.44	4.44	4.44	4.44	4.44
Limestone	1.70	1.70	1.70	1.70	1.70
NaHCO3	0.38	0.38	0.38	0.38	0.38
CMS	0	1.00	2.00	3.00	4.00
Premix2)	0.40	0.40	0.40	0.40	0.40
Total	100	100	100	100	100
Nutrient levels (%)
NEL (MJ/kg)3)	6.93	6.93	6.93	6.92	6.92
CP	16.85	16.85	16.85	16.85	16.84
NFC	39.75	39.98	40.20	40.42	40.65
NDF	34.70	34.41	34.12	33.83	33.54
ADF	23.16	22.97	22.79	22.67	22.43
Ca	0.97	0.98	0.98	0.98	0.98
P	0.44	0.44	0.43	0.43	0.42

DM, dry matter; CMS, condensed molasses fermentation solubles; DDGS, distillers dried grains with soluble; NE_L, net energy for lactation; CP, crude protein; NFC, non-fibrous carbohydrate; NDF, neutral detergent fiber; ADF, acid detergent fiber.

¹⁾CON, control group, no CMS; CMS1, accounted for 1% of the basal diet; CMS2, 2%; CMS3, 3%; CMS4, 4%.

²⁾The premix provided the following per kg of the diet: vit A 8,000 IU, vit D 1,200 IU, vit E 50 IU, Cu (as copper sulfate) 10 mg, Fe (as ferrous sulfate) 100 mg, Mn (as manganese sulfate) 40 mg, Zn (as zinc sulfate) 60 mg, I (as potassium iodide) 0.50 mg, Se (as sodium selenite) 0.3 mg, Co (as cobalt chloride) 0.1 mg.

³⁾NE_L was calculated according to the Nutrient Requirements of Dairy Cattle: Seventh Revised Edition, 2001.