Table 1.
Ingredient composition of common diet fed from days −12 to 55
| DM% | 57 |
| Ingredient, % DM basis | |
| Sweet Bran1 | 35 |
| Corn silage | 30 |
| Dried distillers grains with solubles | 18.04 |
| Dry-rolled corn | 15 |
| Limestone | 1.5 |
| Salt | 0.31 |
| Rumensin2 | 0.015 |
| Vitamin A and E premix3 | 0.11 |
| Trace mineral premix4 | 0.024 |
| Analyzed composition5 | |
| Crude protein | 17.5 |
| Neutral detergent fiber | 28.4 |
| Ether extract | 4.6 |
| Calculated composition6 | |
| Net energy for gain, Mcal/kg | 1.32 |
1Branded wet corn gluten feed (Cargill Corn Milling, Blair, NE).
2Provided monensin (Elanco Animal Health, Greenfield, IN) at 27 g/ton.
3Provided 2,200 IU vitamin A and 25 IU vitamin E/kg diet DM.
4Provided per kg of diet DM: 10 mg of Cu, 30 mg of Zn, 20 mg of Mn, 0.5 mg of I, 0.1 mg of Se, and 0.1 mg of Co all from inorganic sources.
5Based on total mixed ration analysis from Dairyland, Inc., Arcadia, WI.
6Based on National Academics of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (2016) reported net energy for gain values of feedstuffs.