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Table 1 Ingredient composition and chemical analyses of experimental diets

From: Changes in feed intake, nutrient digestion, plasma metabolites, and oxidative stress parameters in dairy cows with subacute ruminal acidosis and its regulation with pelleted beet pulp

Item

Treatment1

 

W0

W10

W20

BP10

Ingredient/diets, % of DM

Corn silage

33.0

27.5

22.0

22.0

Alfalfa hay

15.0

12.5

10.0

10.0

Chinese wild rye

12.0

10.0

8.0

8.0

Corn grain

18.0

18.0

18.0

8.0

Wheat grain

-

10.0

20.0

20.0

Soybean meal

12.6

10.6

9.6

9.6

Cottonseed meal

3.5

3.5

3.5

3.5

Corn distillers grains

1.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

Wheat bran

0.2

-

0.9

1.0

Pelleted beet pulp

-

-

-

10.0

Whole cottonseed

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

Mineral-vitamin premix2

0.50

0.50

0.50

0.50

Dicalcium phosphate

0.60

0.58

0.47

0.54

Limestone

0.50

0.69

0.92

0.70

Sodium bicarbonate

0.50

0.50

0.50

0.50

Magnesium oxide

0.15

0.15

0.15

0.15

Salt

0.50

0.50

0.50

0.50

Chemical composition, % DM

CP

15.8

16.2

16.5

16.4

NEL, MJ/kg3

6.3

6.5

6.7

6.5

NFC4

31.9

36.0

42.2

34.8

NDF

41.2

36.2

31.2

38.0

ADF

22.6

19.9

16.1

19.8

fNDF5

34.4

28.6

22.9

22.9

Starch

28.5

33.0

36.6

31.0

Ether extract

3.4

3.4

3.3

3.0

Ash

7.7

8.2

6.8

7.8

Ca

0.77

0.77

0.77

0.77

Total P

0.42

0.42

0.42

0.42

F:C6

60:40

50:50

40:60

40:60

NFC/NDF

0.77

0.99

1.35

0.92

  1. 1W0 = TMR containing 0% wheat; W10 = TMR containing 10% wheat; W20 = TMR containing 20% wheat; BP10 = TMR containing 20% wheat plus10% pelleted beet pulp; 2Contained (/kg of premix; DM basis): 1,000,000 IU vitamin A; 65,000 IU vitamin D;5000 IU vitamin E; 2,000 mg Fe; 2,550 mg Mn; 5,500 mg Zn; 1,750 mg Cu; 70 mg I; 40 mg Co; 75 mg Se; 3Calculated using NEL values of feedstuffs from NRC (2001); 4Nonfibre carbohydrates = 100– (NDF% + CP% + Ether extract% + Ash%); 5Forage neutral detergent fibre; 6Forage to concentrate ratio.