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. 2022 Aug 12;100(10):skac258. doi: 10.1093/jas/skac258

Table 1.

Ingredient formulation and chemical composition of the finishing diet

Item Value
Ingredient, % dry matter
 Steam flaked corn 43.13
 High-moisture corn 33.89
 Wet distillers grain 9.61
 Corn silage 6.01
 Supplement1 4.15
 Corn oil 1.65
 Mixed hay 1.56
Diet composition2,3
 Dry matter, % 59.98
 Crude protein, % 13.85
 Non-protein nitrogen, % 1.01
 NEM, Mcal/kg 2.22
 NEG, Mcal/kg 1.53

Supplement provided dietary concentration of 0.01691 g/kg of monensin sodium (Rumensin, Elanco, Greenfield, IN).

All values except diet DM on a dry matter basis.

Tylosin phosphate (Tylan, Elanco) was fed through the micromachine to provide each animal with 0.075 g daily.