Table 2.
Ingredients and nutrients of feed diets used in the shaded and unshaded pens.
| Feed ingredient (%, DM basis) | Diets | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-exp | Adaptation | Growing | Finishing | |
| High moisture corn | 6.85 | 8.50 | 10.65 | 14.95 |
| Citrus pulp | 9.86 | 27.40 | 35.80 | 36.45 |
| Cottonseed meal | - | 8.90 | 8.70 | 10.30 |
| Soybean meal | 15.07 | 15.07 | 12.60 | 9.35 |
| Sugar cane bagasse | 20.55 | 5.50 | 5.80 | 3.75 |
| Sugar cane silage | 30.82 | - | - | - |
| Corn silage | - | 19.20 | 13.00 | 11.20 |
| Protected fatb | - | - | 2.30 | 3.10 |
| Urea | 0.91 | 0.90 | 0.95 | 1.00 |
| Molasses | 13.70 | 12.35 | 7.85 | 7.50 |
| Tracemineral supplementa | 3.15 | 2.30 | 2.40 | 2.45 |
| Nutrients, % | ||||
| Dry matter | 45.00 | 62.00 | 68.00 | 69.00 |
| Crude protein | 12.80 | 16.00 | 14.60 | 13.70 |
| Degradable intake protein (% of crude protein) | 79.00 | 80.00 | 77.00 | 79.00 |
| Non-fibrous carbohydrates | 42.00 | 47.00 | 48.00 | 49.00 |
| Total digestible nutrients | 75.00 | 86.00 | 85.00 | 88.00 |
| peNDFd | 21.00 | 19.00 | 17.00 | 16.00 |
| Ca | 0.93 | 1.25 | 1.45 | 1.47 |
| P | 0.42 | 0.45 | 0.40 | 0.40 |
| NEm, Mcal/kgc | 1.49 | 1.85 | 1.85 | 1.90 |
| NEg, Mcal/kgc | 0.90 | 1.25 | 1.20 | 1.30 |
a
Calcium 165.0 g/kg, phosphorus 23.0 g/kg, cobalt 25.0 mg/kg, copper 420.0 mg/kg, sodium 40.0 g/kg, sulfur 14.0 g/kg, iodine 25.0 mg/kg, magnesium 15.0 g/kg, manganese 810.0 mg/kg, selenium 15.0 mg/kg, zinc 1,500.0 mg/kg, iron 0 mg/kg, vitamin A 72,000 IU/kg, vitamin D3 14,370 IU/kg, vitamin E 500 IU/kg, monensin 714.0 mg/kg, virginiamycin 714.0 mg/kg.
b
Calcium soap, approximately 86% of fatty acids and 14% of calcium.
c
Estimated by L.R.NS.
d
Fraction of the fiber that stimulates chewing activity and maintains a healthy rumen environment by combining the chemical and physical properties of feeds (23).