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Feeds in Dairy Rations

James D. Ferguson, VMD, MS
Section Animal Production Systems
ferguson@vet.upenn.edu
 
Feeds can be classified broadly as forages or concentrates
             
  Forages are feeds high in fiber (Neutral Detergent Insolubles, NDF)
    Composed primarily of the vegetative component of a plant
    May include the grain head (corn silage, CSG)
    Are the foundation of dairy rations
      support the formation of a rumen mat and rumination
    Forages may be fed fresh (pasture, green chop), wilted, dried (hay), or fermented (silages)
             
  Concentrates are energy and/or protein dense feeds
    Grains and by-products
    Grains are high in starch, corn, barley , wheat
    Proteins are high in CP, soy bean meal, canola meal, cotton seed meal
    Whole seeds are high in fat and CP (and NDF, cotton seeds)
             
  By-products such as
    High NDF - wheat midds, soy hulls, cotton seed hulls
    High in pectins and sugars -  citrus pulp
    High in fat – candy, bakery waste, … 
    High in CP, NDF and fat – distillers dried grains, brewers grains
             
  High fat feeds
    Tallow, oils, greases, animal vegetable blends
    Rumen inert fats
             
  Mineral supplements
             
  Vitamin supplements
             
  Additives
             
  learn more about feedstuffs:
  http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/livestocksystems/components/DI0469-04.html
Energy
  Must describe what energy in the feed is available to the animal
    Determined by digestibility
    Absorbed “energy” is modified by efficiency of utilization
             
  Gross energy of a feed
    9.3 x fat + 4.0 x CHO + 5.6 x CP
    Digestibility determines what is available for tissue metabolism
             

Forage Analysis

  Analysis of forage involves all our senses in addition to chemical methodologies
             
  Texture, odor, appearance of mold and foreign material, temperature, moisture, acidity, particle size
             
  Maintenance of storage facilities and material
    Especially silage trenches
    Face management – vertical
    Removal of 2 to 4 inches per day
    Density of packing – 15 lbs dm/cubic foot
             
  Chemical analysis
             
 

Sample

    Frequency needed
      Dry matter should be done frequently
      Fields, cuttings, crop
    Multiple places, scoop not grab, mix,
    subsample, package
             
  Analysis
    Chemical versus Infrared
    How detailed a chemical analysis?
    Depends on ration software utilized
    Today, for precision feeding you need at least the following:
      DM
      CP
        ADF-CP
        SP
      NDF
      ADF
      EE
      Ash
      Minerals (Macro)
      Calculate NFC
             
If you don’t get a complete CPM-Dairy analysis, don’t use the program
(Sample forage analyses)
             
Corn Silage Analysis
 
             
Fermentation Analysis of Corn Silage
 
             
Analysis of Haylage
 
             
Fermentation analysis of haylage
 
             
Analysis of Gluten Feed
 
             
 
 
 
2001 NRC Estimating TDN of feeds at maintenance (1X)
  a) tdNFC = .98(100-[(NDF-NDICP) + CP + EE + ASH]) * PAF
    PAF processing adjustment factor
    0.87 - 1.04
      0.87 mature CSG
      0.95 cracked corn
      1.0 ground corn
      1.04 HMC, ground; flaked corn
             
  b) tdCP for forages = CP * e[-1.2 * (ADICP/CP)]      
             
  c) tdCP for concentrates = [1-(.04 *(ADICP/CP))] * CP
             
  d) tdFA = EE - 1
    If EE<0 then FA=0
             
  e) tdNDF = .75 * (NDFn - L) *[1 - (L/NDFn).667]
    NDFn = NDF - NDFCP
    L = Lignin
    Metabolic fecal TDN = 7
    TDN1x = a + b + c*2.25 + d - 7
             
Animal Protein Meals
             
  TDN1x = CPdigest*CP + FA*2.25 + .98*(100-CP-ASH-EE) - 7
             
  Cpdigest = estimated true digestibility of CP
    Whey 1.0 BM batch 0.75    BM ring
             
Fat with glycerol
  TDN1x = 9.4 *[(FAdigest *.9) * EE/100] + [4.3 * .1 * EE/100]
             
Fat without glycerol
  TDN1x = 9.4 *(FAdigest * EE/100)
             
Discount for level of intake
  [TDN1x - [(.18 * TDN1x) - 10.3] * Intake]] / TDN1x
  Intake is incremental above maintenance (e.g. 3-1=2)
  TDN < 57.2 no discount and no discount >.60
  TDN1x excludes fat > 3%
  Adjust each feed using discount equation to calculate DEp
  (DEp = DE at production level)
             
  MEp = [1.01 * Dep - .45] + .0046*(EE-3)
             
  For fat supplements, MEp = DE p
             
  NELp = (.703 * MEp) - .19 for feeds < 3% fat
  NELp = .8 * ME for fat supplements
             
  NELp = .703 * MEp - .19 + [(.097*MEp + .19)/97]*(EE-3)
             
Estimating Net Energy of Feeds for Maintenance and Gain in growing animals
  ME = 0.82* DE1x             
  NEm = 1.37*ME - 0.138*ME2 + 0.0105*ME3 - 1.12
  NEg = 1.42*ME - 0.174*ME2 + 0.0122*ME3 - 1.65
             
  Fats MEp = DEp
    NEm = 0.8*ME
    MEg = 0.55*ME
             
NDF and ADF
  CSG ADF = -1.15 + 0.62*NDF
  Grass  ADF = 6.89 + 0.50*NDF   
  Legume ADF = -0.73 + 0.82*NDF
             
  Minimum from forage
    NDF 25% of DM
    ADF      19% of DM
             

 

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