Table 4 Ingredients and chemical composition of starter and milk replacer.

From: Effects of dietary supplementation with two alternatives to antibiotics on intestinal microbiota of preweaned calves challenged with Escherichia coli K99

Item

Starter (%)

Milk replacer (%)

Ingredient

Corn

20.00

 

Extruded corn

22.90

 

Soybean meal

20.00

 

Extruded soybean

18.00

 

Dried whey

5.00

 

Wheat bran

10.00

 

Calcium hydrogen phosphate

0.80

 

Limestone

1.80

 

Salt

0.50

 

Premix1

1.00

 

Chemical composition

  

DM2

85.36

95.36

OM

92.21

94.85

CP

19.08

24.27

Ether extract

2.21

12.85

NDF

18.59

4.02

ADF

10.65

2.11

Calcium

1.09

1.07

Phosphorous

0.47

0.48

Gross energy, MJ/kg

15.45

19.86

  1. 1Premix was manufactured by the Precision Animal Nutrition Research Centre, Beijing, China. Premix provided per kilogram of concentrate: vitamin A, 15,000 IU; vitamin D, 5,000 IU; vitamin E, 50 mg; Fe, 90 mg; Cu, 12.5 mg; Mn, 30 mg; Zn, 90 mg; Se, 0.3 mg; I, 1.0 mg. 2DM = dry matter; OM = organic matter; CP = crude protein; NDF = neutral detergent fiber; ADF = acid detergent fiber.
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