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Table 5 Ingredient and chemical composition of TMR

From: The relationship between plasma β-hydroxybutyric acid and conjugated linoleic acid in milk as a biomarker for early diagnosis of ketosis in postpartum Polish Holstein-Friesian cows

 

TMR diet

Ingredient [kg/d DM]

 Maize silage

9.12

 Alfalfa silage

3.50

 Corn silage

2.35

 Soybean meal

2.62

 Pasture ground chalk

0.20

 VIT-RA BML- vitamin mix

0.20

 Salt

0.05

 Rapeseed meal

2.07

 Magnesium oxide

0.07

Chemical composition [g/kg DM]

 Ash

5.25

 Crude protein

15.85

 Fat

4.89

 Starch

289.21

 Sugar

77.45

 ADF

30.02

 NDF

41.21

 Ca

0.90

 P

0.61

 NEL (Mcal/kg)

1.67

 Total, kg of DM (offered)

20.18

 Daily intake (kg)

19.95

 Average milk production (kg)

34.18

 UFL balance (%)

3.25

 PDIN

2.58

 PDIE

−2.22

  1. VIT-RA BML (values per kg): 150 g Ca, 100 g P, 50 g Na, 40 g Mg, 9000 mg Zn, 7000 mg Mn, 1000 mg Cu, 100 mg J, 50 mg Se, 1,200,000 IU vitamin A, 120000 IU vitamin D3, 5000 mg vitamin E, 93 mg vitamin K, 80 mg vitamin B1, 160 mg vitamin B6, 110 mg vitamin B2, 1000 μg vitamin B12 (PPH VITRA, Kusowo, Poland)
  2. TMR Total mixed ration, DM Dry matter, ADF Acid detergent fiber, NDF Neutral detergent fiber, NEL Netto energy lactation, Ca Calcium, F Phosphorus, K Potassium, UFL Unit of milk production, PDIN Protein digested in the small intestine when rumen-fermentable nitrogen is limiting, PDIE Protein digested in the small intestine when rumen-fermentable energy is limiting