Table 2 Diet ingredients and chemical composition
From: Indicators of induced subacute ruminal acidosis (SARA) in Danish Holstein cows
Control diet | SARA diet | |
|---|---|---|
Ingredients (% of DM) | ||
TMR | 100 | 60 |
Wheat/barley pellets | 0 | 40 |
Forage | 75 | 45 |
Chemical composition (% of DM) | ||
DM % | 45.1 | 55.6 |
Crude protein | 17.8 | 15.0 |
Crude fat | 3.5 | 4.6 |
NDF | 43.8 | 31.3 |
Forage NDF | 26.5 | 15.9 |
ADF | 22.4 | 16.2 |
Starch | 19.6 | 31.8 |
Ash | 8.8 | 6.1 |
Ca (g/kg) | 6.6 | 4.2 |
P (g/kg) | 3.8 | 3.5 |
K (g/kg) | 15.1 | 10.9 |
Mg (g/kg) | 2.4 | 1.9 |
Na (g/kg) | 2.2 | 1.4 |
DCAD (mEq/kgDM) | 272.1 | 213.3 |