Table 1.
Ingredients and nutrient composition of diet
| Item | % of DM |
|---|---|
| Ingredient | |
| Corn silage | 36.40 |
| Alfalfa silage | 21.68 |
| Ground corn | 21.68 |
| Canola meal | 6.71 |
| Corn gluten feed | 6.02 |
| Heat-treated soybean meal1 | 2.19 |
| High RUP supplement2 | 0.91 |
| Urea | 0.32 |
| Calcium carbonate | 1.39 |
| Rumen-protected Met3 | 0.059 |
| Rumen-protected Lys4 | 0.032 |
| Sodium sesquicarbonate | 1.20 |
| Potassium chloride | 0.36 |
| Potassium carbonate | 0.27 |
| Salt, white | 0.28 |
| Magnesium oxide | 0.15 |
| Biofix Select Pro5 | 0.052 |
| Mineral oil | 0.049 |
| Complexed trace minerals6 | 0.049 |
| Manganese sulfate | 0.011 |
| Zinc sulfate | 0.0097 |
| Vitamin E | 0.0071 |
| Monensin7 | 0.0071 |
| Selenium yeast | 0.0041 |
| Biotin 2% | 0.0036 |
| Sodium selenite | 0.0021 |
| Vitamin A, D3 | 0.0009 |
| Complexed copper chloride8 | 0.0009 |
| Ethylenediamine dihydroiodide | 0.0002 |
| Nutrient composition | |
| Starch | 30.12 |
| aNDFom9 | 27.67 |
| ADF | 20.00 |
| CP | 16.91 |
| Ash | 8.23 |
| Ether extract | 4.19 |
| Lignin | 3.78 |
| NEL (Mcal/kg) | 1.68 |
1
SoyPlus (Landus Cooperative).
2
ProVAAL AAdvantage (Perdue Agribusiness).
3
Smartamine M (Adisseo).
4
Ajipro-L G3 (Ajinomoto).
5
Biomin.
6
Availa-Dairy (Zinpro).
7
Rumensin 90 (Elanco Animal Health).
8
Intellibond (Micronutrients).
9
Neutral detergent fiber after amylase treatment and ashing.