Table 2 Ingredients of ground starter feed.

From: Trace minerals source in calf starters interacts with birth weights to affect growth performance

Ingredients, % of DM

Treatment diet

IM1

ACMS1

Wheat straw

5.0

5.0

Barley grain

9.6

9.6

Corn grain

46.0

46.0

Soybean meal

25.6

25.6

Extruded soybean grain

2.8

2.8

Sugar beet pulp

6.3

6.3

Ca-salt fat2

0.95

0.95

Probiotics3

0.10

0.10

Sodium bicarbonate

0.47

0.47

Salt

0.38

0.38

Calcium carbonate

1.0

1.0

Sodium bentonite

0.60

0.60

Dicalcium phosphate

0.40

0.40

Magnesium oxide

0.30

0.30

Vitamin supplement4

0.20

0.20

Mineral supplement5

0.15

0.30

Mineral supplement6

0.15

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  1. 1ACMS advanced chelated mineral source, IM inorganic minerals source.
  2. 2Pershiafat+, Pershiafat, Tehran, Iran. Composition: moisture, 2%; crude fat, 85% (C16:0, 35–38%; C18:0, 8–10%; C18:1, 40–42%; C18:2, 10–14%; C18:3, 1–2%).
  3. 3Bio-Romina, a commercial symbiotic (Zist Darman Mahan Co, Tehran, Iran) containing a combination of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus plantarum, Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus rhamnosus, Bifidobacterium bifidum, Pediococcus acidilactici, Enterococcus faecium, Bacillus subtilis, and yeast extract).
  4. 4Contained per kilogram of supplement: Vitamin A: 1,300,000 IU; Vitamin D: 300,000 IU; Vitamin E: 15,000 IU.
  5. 5Contained per kilogram of supplement: Fe (mg/kg) = 4000 Co (mg/kg) = 600 Mn (mg/kg) = 18,000 Se (mg/kg) = 150, Zn (mg/kg) = 25,000 Cu (mg/kg) = 9000 and I (mg/kg) = 250 from inorganic sources and Cr (mg/kg) = 250 from organic source.
  6. 6Contained per kilogram of supplement: Fe (mg/kg) = 4000 Co (mg/kg) = 800 Mn (mg/kg) = 18,000 Se (mg/kg) = 150, Zn (mg/kg) = 25,500 Cu (mg/kg) = 9000 and Cr (mg/kg) = 500 chelated sources and I (mg/kg) = 250 from inorganic source.
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