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Table 1 Ingredients and chemical compositions of the experimental PMR

From: Effects of different planes of milk feeding and milk total solids concentration on growth, ruminal fermentation, health, and behavior of late weaned dairy calves during summer

Item

% of DM basis

Ingredients

 Alfalfa hay

8.00

 Corn grain, ground (flaked)

43.60

 Barley grain, ground

5.43

 Soybean meal (45% CP)

30.01

 Fish meal

3.22

 Corn hulls

4.60

 Vitamin and mineral mix2

0.19

 Sodium bicarbonate

1.84

 Calcium carbonate

1.44

 Dicalcium phosphate

0.28

 Bentonite

0.46

 MgO

0.44

 Salt

0.49

Chemical composition

 ME,3 Mcal/kg

2.82

 NEg,3Mcal/kg

1.24

 DM

90.0

 OM

91.1

 CP

22.4

 Ether extract

3.90

 NDF

16.7

 NFC4

49.2

 Starch

38.4

 Ca

1.11

 P

0.61

 Mg

0.47

  1. 2Contained per kilogram of supplement: 3,000,000 IU of vitamin A, 700,000 IU of vitamin D, 20,000 IU of vitamin E, 16,000 mg/kg of Mn, 20,000 mg/kg of Zn, 2,000 mg/kg of Fe, 90 mg/kg of Se, 150 mg/kg of Co, 8,000 mg/kg of Cu and 200 mg/kg of I
  2. 3Calculated according to NRC [73]
  3. 4Nonfiber carbohydrate was calculated as DM − (NDF + CP + ether extract + ash) [73]