Table 1.
Nutrient composition of diets over gestational period.
| Item | Mid-Gestation (Day 100 to 200) |
Late-Gestation (Day 200 to Parturition) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| CON 1 | SUP 2 | ||
| Ingredients | |||
| Corn silage, % of DM | 75 | 75 | 100 |
| Sugarcane bagasse, % of DM | 25 | 25 | - |
| Supplement, kg of DM per day | - | 1.6 | - |
| Chemical composition | |||
| Dry matter, g/kg of DM | 418 | 492 | 330 |
| Organic matter, g/kg of DM | 951 | 960 | 941 |
| Crude protein, g/kg of DM | 53.3 | 125 | 72.2 |
| Ash and protein-free neutral detergent fiber, g/kg of DM | 631 | 51.6 | 549 |
| Ether extract, g/kg of DM | 24.1 | 29.4 | 29.2 |
| Total digestible nutrients, g/kg of DM | 614 | 647 | 677 |
| Metabolizable energy, Mcal/kg | 2.27 | 2.39 | 2.45 |
1 Control: corn silage + sugarcane bagasse. 2 Supplement: corn silage + sugarcane bagasse + protein supplement (50% of Probeef Proteinado Sprint® + 50% soybean meal). Probeef Proteinado Sprint® (Cargill Nutrição Animal, Itapira, SP, Brazil)—assurance concentrations per kilogram of product: 70 g Ca (max); 50 g Ca (min); 15 mg Co (min); 255 mg Cu (min); 15 g S (min); 2000 mg F (max); 20 g P (min); 15 mg I (min); 510 mg Mn (min); 340 NPN protein eq. (max); 450 g CP (min); 4 mg Se (min); 95 g Na (min); 850 mg Zn (min); 50 mg Flavomycin.