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DietCheck Dairy

Formulation report

C & V Baker

Windmill Farm

Montacute

Yeovil

Somerset

Diet name: Lows March '06

Animal breed: H/Friesian - High Weight (kg): 620 Weight change (kg/d) 0.0

Milk yield (kg/d): 25.0 Milk fat (%): 4.2 Milk protein (%): 3.5

Days calved: 175 Lactation: 3 Condition Score: 2.8

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

Left Hand Clamp Mar'06 50.000 12.435

Bread Waste 2.500 1.750

Potatoes 4.000 0.828

S.B.F. -molassed 1.250 1.113

Maize Gluten Feed 1.250 1.100

Soya -Hipro 2.000 1.772

Dairy mineral -Std 0.150 0.147

TMR diet Rumen DSS: rumen pH no problem

As fed intake (kg/d): 61.2 Diet DM (%): 31.3 Cost (£/head/d): 0.73

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

DM (kg) 19.1 17.9 1.3

ME (FiM) (MJ) 213.7 11.2 203.8 9.8

MP (FiM) (g) 1995.8 10.4 1839.2 156.7

ERDP (FiM) (g) 1913.5 10.0 1489.6 423.9

DUP (FiM) (g) 1046.2 5.5 889.5 156.7

Starch plus Sugar (g) 2998.3 15.7

RSV 214.8 91.0 123.8

Calcium (g) 137.4 0.7 93.6 43.8

Phosphorus (g) 82.1 0.4 77.0 5.0

Magnesium (g) 45.8 0.2 29.4 16.4

Ash (g) 1599.0 8.4

Met (g/100g MP) 1.8

Lys (g/100g MP) 6.9

DCAB (mEq/kgDM) 430.2

Protein (g) 3172.7 16.6

Starch (g) 1936.7 10.1

Sugar (g) 1061.6 5.5

NDF (g) 7964.3 41.6

Oil (AH) (g) 561.8 2.9

Thr (g/100g MP) 5.3

Cys (g/100g MP) 1.3

His (g/100g MP) 2.2

Leu (g/100g MP) 8.8

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DietCheck Dairy

Formulation report

C & V Baker

Windmill Farm

Montacute

Yeovil

Somerset

Diet name: Lows March '06

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) 436.6 2.3 153.2 283.4

Copper (mg) 305.7 229.7 76.0

Zinc (mg) 1057.5 765.8 291.8

Sodium (g) 56.6 0.3 23.8 32.9

Chlorine (g) 82.0 0.4 43.5 38.4

Cobalt (mg) 14.4 2.1 12.3

Iodine (mg) 47.2 9.6 37.6

Selenium (mg) 4.1 2.9 1.2

Manganese (mg) 1639.1 765.8 873.3

Iron (mg) 5169.6 957.2 4212.4

Molybdenum (mg) 49.3

Sulphur (g) 49.8 0.3 38.3 11.5

Vitamin A (iu) 677682.0 61380.0 616302.0

Vitamin D (iu) 21402.0 18600.0 2802.0

Vitamin E (iu) 448.1 428.6 19.5

Comments

The lows diet is based on all grass silage and no maize. Due to the fact there are heifers in this group I have made the ration for Maintenance + 25L. it is not as energy dense as the high yielder’s but it is never the less a more than adequate diet.

These feeding recommendations are only a guide and depend on the accuracy of the information supplied