A Dataset on Corn Silage in China Used to Establish a Prediction Model Showing Variation in Nutrient Composition

Table 2

Composition and nutrient levels of the basal diet.

Ingredients	Contents %	Nutrient level	Contents %
Corn silage	25.13	DM	93.9
Corn	15.53	CP	17.30
Alfalfa hay	15.08	EE	5.01
Flaked corn	7.92	NDF	32.69
Soybean meal	7.88	ADF	20.23
Beet granules	5.77	Starch	24.42
Cotton seed	4.53	Ca	0.81
Brewer’s grain	4.02		0.43
DDGS	3.41	NEL/(MCal/kg)^2	1.75
Cotton meal	2.93
Oat hay	1.9
Extruded soybeans	1.84
NaHCO3	1.13
Limestone	0.83
Rumen-pass fatty acid	0.63
Premix^1	0.41
CaHPO4	0.29
MgO	0.28
KHCO3	0.21
Salt	0.21
Yeast culture	0.07

¹One kilogram of premix contained the following: VA 200kIU, VD 60kIU, VE 1400IU, Cu (as copper sulfate) 520 ppm, Mn 760 ppm, Zn 2400 ppm, I 40 ppm, Se 15 ppm, Co 10 ppm, and Fe 400 ppm (Cargill Co., Ltd.). ²NEL, net energy of lactation, a value calculated according to NRC 2001, while the other nutrient contents were measured values.