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Table 6 Ingredients and composition of supplement provided to cows at 60-d pre-partum

From: Performance, metabolic and hormonal responses of grazing Nellore cows to an energy-protein supplementation during the pre-partum phase

Item1

Supplement

Ingredients (%; as-fed basis)

 Corn meal

41.2

 Soybean meal

36.0

 Wheat meal

20.0

 Urea:ammonium sulfate (9:1)

2.80

Chemical composition (g/kg of DM)

 OM

965

 CP

320

 apNDF

143

  1. 1OM organic matter, CP crude protein, apNDF neutral detergent fiber corrected for ash and protein residue
  2. Mineral mix - CaHPO4 = 50.00%; NaCl = 47.775%; ZnSO4 = 1.4%; Cu2SO4 = 0.70%; CoSO4 = 0.05%; KIO3 = 0.05% and MnSO4 = 0.025%