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Nutrient Requirements of Beef Cattle: Seventh Revised Edition, 1996
FEBCj is the amount of bacterial carbohydrate in feces from the jth feedstuff, g/day;
FEBFj is the amount of bacterial fat in feces from the jth feedstuff, g/day;
FEBASHj is the amount of bacterial ash in feces from the jth feedstuff, g/day, and
FEBACTj is the amount of bacteria in feces from the jth feedstuff, g/day.
Endogenous protein, carbohydrate and ash are:
where
DMI is feed DM consumed, g/day;
FEENGPj is the amount of endogenous protein in feces from the jth feedstuff, g/day;
FEENGFj is the amount of endogenous fat in feces from the jth feedstuff, g/day;
FEENGAj is the amount of endogenous ash in feces from the jth feedstuff, g/day, and
IDMj is the indigestible dry matter, g/day.
Total fecal DM is calculated by summing protein, carbohydrate, fat and ash DM contributions from undigested feed residues, microbial matter, and endogenous matter:
where
FEPROTj is the amount of fecal protein from the jth feedstuff, g/day;
FECHOj is the amount of carbohydrate in feces from the jth feedstuff, g/day;
FEFATj is the amount of fat in feces from the jth feedstuff, g/day;
FEASHj is the amount of ash in feces from the jth feedstuff, g/day, and
FEDMj is the amount of fecal DM from the jth feedstuff, g/day.
Total Digestible Nutrients and Energy Values of Feedstuffs
Apparent TDN is potentially digestible nutrient intake minus indigestible bacterial and feed components appearing in the feces:
where
TDNAPPj is apparent TDN from the jth feedstuff, g/day.
The ME values for each feed are based on assuming 1 kg of TDN is equal to 4.409 Mcal of DE and 1 Mcal of DE is equal to 0.82 Mcal of ME (NRC, 1976):
where
MEaj is metabolizable energy available from the jth feedstuff, Mcal/day;
MECj is metabolizable energy concentration of the jth feedstuff, Mcal/kg;
MEI is metabolizable energy supplied by the diet, Mcal/day, and
MEC is metabolizable energy concentration of the diet, Mcal/kg.
CALCULATION OF NET ENERGY VALUES
where
NEgaj is net energy for gain content of the jth feedstuff, Mcal/kg;
NEmaj is net energy for maintenance content of the jth feedstuff, Mcal/kg;
METABOLIZABLE PROTEIN
Total feed MP is the sum of each feed MP:
where
MPaj is metabolizable protein from the jth feedstuff, g/day, and
MPa is metabolizable protein available in the diet, g/day.