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                                                                DietCheck Dairy

 

                                                                   Formulation report

              C & V Baker

              Windmill Farm

              Montacute

              Yeovil

              Somerset

 

              Diet name: Highs February ‘06

 

              Animal breed:   H/Friesian - High    Weight (kg): 640               Weight change (kg/d)  0.0

              Milk yield (kg/d): 35.0                       Milk fat (%):  4.0                Milk protein (%):          3.4

              Days calved:      60                           Lactation:     3                   Condition Score:         3.0

 

              Feeds                         Amount fed (kg as fed/head/d)           (kg DM/head/d)

              2nd cut 2005                                           32.000                            6.656

              Maize Silage -25% Starch                        19.000                            5.510

              Straw                                                        0.500                            0.430

              Bread Waste                                             4.000                            2.800

              Optilac                                                      0.500                            0.450

 

              Potatoes                                                   4.000                            0.828

              S.B.F. -molassed                                      1.000                            0.890

              Maize Gluten Feed                                    1.000                            0.880

              Soya -Hipro                                               3.000                            2.658

              Dairy mineral -STD                                     0.150                            0.147

 

              TMR diet                                          Rumen DSS:      rumen pH no problem

              As fed intake (kg/d): 65.2                  Diet DM (%):  32.6              Cost (£/head/d):  1.07

 

              Nutrient (units/d)                    Intake                %DM            Requirement                   Shortfall   /Excess

              DM (kg)                                    21.2                                                18.9                          2.3

              ME (FiM) (MJ)                         261.3                   12.3                      257.9                          3.4

              MP (FiM) (g)                         2367.4                   11.1                    2322.2                        45.2

 

              ERDP (FiM) (g)                     2371.7                   11.2                    1828.1                      543.5

              DUP (FiM) (g)                        1202.0                    5.7                    1156.8                        45.2

              Starch plus Sugar (g)             4738.2                   22.3

              RSV                                       194.6                                               102.0                        92.6

              Calcium (g)                             115.2                    0.5                      121.6                         -6.4

              Phosphorus (g)                         85.9                    0.4                        95.4                         -9.5

              Magnesium (g)                          48.8                    0.2                        37.2                        11.6

              Ash (g)                                 1382.2                    6.5

              Met (g/100g MP)                         1.8

              Lys (g/100g MP)                         6.9

 

              DCAB (mEq/kgDM)                 297.6

              Protein (g)                             3853.7                   18.1

              Starch (g)                             4050.4                   19.1

              Sugar (g)                                687.7                    3.2

              NDF (g)                                8304.8                   39.1

              Oil (AH) (g)                             804.3                    3.8

              Thr (g/100g MP)                          5.1

              Cys (g/100g MP)                        1.3

 

 

              26/01/2006                                                                                                                                                                    Page 2

 

 

 

                                                                DietCheck Dairy

 

                                                                   Formulation report

              C & V Baker

              Windmill Farm

              Montacute

              Yeovil

              Somerset

 

              Diet name: Highs Oct '05

 

              Milk quality DSS

                Milk quality DSS not calculated.

                Animal details differ between the two diets.

 

 

              Previous diet:

              Amino acid DSS: adequate lysine supply, marginally deficient methionine supply

 

 

              Nutrient (units/d)                    Intake                %DM            Requirement                   Shortfall   /Excess

 

              Potassium (g)                         372.0                    1.8                      170.0                      202.0

              Copper (mg)                            312.2                                               255.0                        57.2

              Zinc (mg)                              1123.3                                               850.0                      273.3

              Sodium (g)                               43.6                    0.2                        27.5                        16.0

              Chlorine (g)                               72.6                    0.3                        53.8                        18.7

              Cobalt (mg)                              14.1                                                  2.3                        11.8

              Iodine (mg)                               54.3                                                10.6                        43.7

              Selenium (mg)                            4.7                                                  3.2                          1.5

              Manganese (mg)                   1430.7                                               850.0                      580.8

              Iron (mg)                               4914.2                                             1062.5                     3851.7

              Molybdenum (mg)                     47.6                                                                                    

              Sulphur (g)                               49.0                    0.2                        42.5                          6.5

              Vitamin A (iu)                    558842.0                                           63360.0                 495482.0

              Vitamin D (iu)                      17000.5                                           19200.0                    -2199.5

              Vitamin E (iu)                          386.9                                               475.7                       -88.8

 

 

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