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Table 2 Nutritional and fatty acid profile of ingredients fed to cows during late gestationa

From: Effects of supplements differing in fatty acid profile to late gestational beef cows on cow performance, calf growth performance, and mRNA expression of genes associated with myogenesis and adipogenesis

Item (Dry matter basis)

Forage

Soybean hull

EnerGII

Prequel

Strata

Dry matter, %

29.3

85.1

96.4

95.3

95.7

Crude protein, %

12.7

9.6

0

0

0

Neutral detergent fiber, %

56.6

71.7

–

–

–

Acid detergent fiber, %

35.2

51.8

–

–

–

Total fat, %

3.4

2.3

94.3

83.7

83.0

Total fatty acid, %

1.5

1.0

77.2

74.4

67.3

Fatty acid profile, % of total fatty acid

 C16:0

20.3

17.2

47.2

0.40

23.8

 C18:0

2.32

7.68

4.28

3.88

7.52

 C18:1c9

4.62

14.1

36.4

27.8

12.5

 C18:2n-6

20.1

38.6

8.78

49.1

1.72

 C18:3n-3

40.1

12.2

0.29

1.27

0.94

 C20:5n-3

0

0

0

0

11.9

 C22:6n-3

0

0

0

0

7.66

  1. aEnerGII, Prequel, and Strata were from Virtus Nutrition LLC, Corcoran, CA