Table 3.

Ingredient and nutrient composition of gut-fill equalization diet (Exp. 3)

Ingredient	% of DM
Yellow #2 corn, dry rolled	38.82
Sweet Bran (Cargill Animal Nutrition, Blair, NE)	40.00
Alfalfa hay	6.50
Prairie hay	6.50
Supplement1	8.18
Composition, % of dry matter
Dry matter, %	70.8
Crude protein	16.2
Neutral detergent fiber	25.0
Acid detergent fiber	12.0

Supplement pellet was formulated to contain (DM basis) 8.80% crude protein, 5.68% calcium, 1.00% phosphorus, 3.78% salt, 1.89% potassium, 0.47% magnesium, 3.08% fat, 11.9% acid detergent fiber, and 231 mg/kg monensin (Rumensin; Elanco, Greenfield, IN).