Table 5 Composition and nutrient levels of milk replacer and starters (DM basis).
Items | Milk replacer | Starter | ||||||
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CON | PR | ER | BR | CON | PR | ER | BR | |
Ingredients | ||||||||
Corn | — | — | — | — | 53 | 62 | 25 | 38 |
Soybean meal | — | — | — | — | 27 | 14 | 27 | 16 |
Powdered rice hulls | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 16 | 17 |
Wheat bran | — | — | — | — | 6 | 10 | 18 | 15 |
Premixa | — | — | — | — | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Alfalfa meal | — | — | — | — | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Total | — | — | — | — | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Nutrient levels b | ||||||||
DM | 94.35 | 94.51 | 93.33 | 93.48 | 86.59 | 86.50 | 87.35 | 87.25 |
CP | 24.21 | 19.13 | 24.45 | 19.26 | 20.80 | 16.35 | 20.68 | 16.10 |
ME,MJ/Kg | 14.83 | 14.77 | 12.55 | 12.55 | 10.59 | 10.61 | 8.52 | 8.52 |
EE | 20.58 | 20.78 | 11.06 | 10.92 | 2.89 | 3.12 | 2.67 | 2.83 |
Ash | 4.99 | 4.84 | 4.81 | 4.88 | 9.71 | 9.82 | 9.85 | 9.82 |
NDF | — | — | — | — | 18.49 | 18.18 | 28.89 | 28.28 |
Calcium | 0.95 | 0.95 | 0.95 | 0.95 | 0.41 | 0.40 | 0.51 | 0.46 |
Phosphorus | 0.68 | 0.68 | 0.68 | 0.68 | 0.24 | 0.21 | 0.26 | 0.22 |