Table 1.
Ingredients and chemical composition of pellet starter fed to Holstein heifer calves during the suckling period from birth to 60 days after calving.
| Items | (DM %) |
|---|---|
| Ingredients | |
| Wheat bran | 5.82 |
| Steam-flaked corn | 41.61 |
| Cane molasses | 1.62 |
| Soybean meal | 19.63 |
| Extruded soybean | 6.04 |
| Canola meal | 11.69 |
| Corn gluten | 2.48 |
| Wheat shorts | 7.11 |
| Calves starter premixa | 3.98 |
| Chemical analysis of nutrients | |
| Dry matter, DM | 98.25 |
| Crude protein, CP | 21.94 |
| Ether extract, EE | 4.01 |
| Ash | 7.47 |
| Neutral detergent fiber, NDF | 19.03 |
| Acid detergent fiber, ADF | 13.00 |
| Calcium (Ca) | 0.97 |
| Phosphorus (P) | 0.64 |
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Amounts provided per kg of starter were as follows: vitamin A, 13,050 IU; vitamin D, 3,262 IU; vitamin E, 260.998 IU; Fe, 116.827 mg; Cu, 19.631 mg; Mn, 48.525 mg; Zn, 74.623 mg; Se, 0.766 mg; I, 1.342 mg; Co, 0.956 mg.