PREDICTION OF LACTATING COW DRY MATTER INTAKE

A B C
Intake Regulation to Energy Requi Intake Regulation to Rumen Fill Intake Prediction Based on NRC

Mechanistic Equation: Mechanistic Equation: Empirical Equation

DMI is consumed to Meet Energy DM is consumed until Rumen if "F(Equation that fits observed data

Factors Used in Predicting DMI:
1- Energy Requirement
2- Diet NEL concentration
Factors Used in Predicting DMI: Factors Used in Predicting DMI:
1- Cow Body Weight 1- Cow Body Weight
2- NDF Intake Capacity 2- Milk Yield
3- Diet NDF concentration 3- Week of Lactation
4- Milk Fat Percent

Instructions: Change the input values (blue numbers) and read the Predicted DMI (red numbers

METRIC SYSTEM METRIC SYSTEM METRIC SYSTEM

Body Weight kg 590 Body Weight kg
Energy Requir Mcal/d 35 NDF Intake Capa
% BW 1.1 Milk Yield kg
Diet NEl al/kg DM 1.54 Diet NDF of DM 30 Week of Lactation
Milk fat %
Dry Matter Int kg/d 22.7 Dry Matter Inta kg/d 21.6 Dry Matter In kg/d

STANDARD SYSTEM STANDARD SYSTEM STANDARD SYSTEM

A) Estimated to Meet Energy Requ B) Estimated from Rumen Fill CapC) Estimated with NRC 2001 equ
Body Weight lb 1300 Body Weight lb
Energy Requir Mcal/d 35 NDF Intake Capa % BW 1.1 Milk Yield lb
Diet NEl al/lb DM 0.7 Diet NDF of DM 30 Week of Lactation
Milk fat %
Dry Matter Int Lb/d 50.0 Dry Matter Inta Lb/d 47.7 Dry Matter In Lb/d

CONVERSION:
kg lb
40.800 = 89.948
31.752 = 70.000
 diction Based on NRC 2001

that fits observed data best)

sed in Predicting DMI:

Body Weight

k of Lactation
Fat Percent

d DMI (red numbers)

C SYSTEM
590
31.7
35
3.3
22.1

ARD SYSTEM
ted with NRC 2001 equation
1300
70
35
3.3
48.7
NRC 2001 EQUATION TO PREDICT DMI of LACTATING COWS: 140.0
130.0
120.0
Lbs kg DMI Components
110.0
Milk 90.0
100.0
% Fat 4.0
90.0
4%-Fat Corrected M 90.0 40.8 15.2 kg/d
80.0
Body Weight 1250 567.0 11.2 kg/d
70.0
Week of Lactation 15 0.97 Early lactation discount
60.0
Predicted DMI 50.0
56.7 25.7
40.0
30.0
20.0
10.0
0.0
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50

Curve 3.5 1.1 0.98 0.98 0.95 0.95 0.95 0.94 0.93

Milk, lb/d 30.0 105 116 113 111 105 100 95 89 83

% Fat 4.0 3.4 3.2 3.4 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8
4%-Fat Corrected M 30.0 95.6 101.6 103.0 107.6 102.2 97.1 92.3 86.7 80.6
Body Weight 1400 1300 1275 1300 1350 1375 1388 1400 1406 1406
Week of Lactation 1 4 8 12 16 20 24 28 32 36

DIM 7 28 56 84 112 140 168 196 224 252

DMI, lb/d 22.6 47.1 56.3 60.7 64.8 64.0 62.6 61.2 59.3 57.1

Efficiency; Milk/DMI 1.33 2.23 2.05 1.86 1.71 1.65 1.60 1.55 1.51 1.46

Lactation, lb/308 days 32,365 14681

DIM, lbs/308 days 19,533 8860
0

Efficiency; Milk/DMI 1.66

 Milk, lb/d
DMI, lb/d

30 35 40 45 50

0.92 0.91

76 70
3.8 3.8
74.2 67.5
1406 1406
40 44

280 308

54.7 52.2

1.40 1.33
 Calculated TDN CONTENT WHEN
Biologica Compositio CONSUMED AT MAINTEN
LABORATORY CHEMICAL FEED ANALYSIS l test n Values LEVEL OF INTAKE (TDN1x

CP NDICP
ADICP NDF ASH EE ADL NDF-D NFC FA PAF td-CPtd-NFC

% of % of % of % of % of % of % of % of % of % of % of % of
DM DM DM DM DM DM DM NDF DM DM DM DM

FORAGES
77 Alfalfa Hay 20.2 2.4 1.6 39.6 10.0 2.1 7.0 30.5 1.1 1.00 18.4 29.9

73 AS immature 20.0 2.8 1.7 42.2 11.5 2.2 6.7 26.9 1.2 1.00 18.1 26.4
74 AS mid maturity 19.0 2.7 1.7 47.0 10.8 2.1 7.3 23.8 1.1 1.00 17.1 23.3
75 AS mature 18.3 2.7 2.0 53.7 10.2 2.0 8.4 18.5 1.0 1.00 16.1 18.1

35 Corn silage 8.8 1.3 0.8 45.0 4.3 3.2 2.6 40.0 2.2 0.94 7.9 36.8
8.0 1.3 0.4 38.7 3.6 2.6 73.3 48.4 1.6 0.94 7.5 44.6

55 Grasses immature 16.8 4.3 1.1 51.0 9.9 2.8 4.8 23.8 1.8 1.00 15.5 23.3

10 Barley silage 12.0 1.6 0.9 56.3 7.5 3.5 5.6 22.3 2.5 1.00 11.0 21.9
92 Oat silage 12.9 2.1 1.0 60.6 9.8 3.4 5.5 15.4 2.4 1.00 11.8 15.1

CONCENTRATRES (Energy)
16 Brewers G dried 29.2 9.1 3.5 47.4 4.3 5.2 5.0 23.0 4.2 1.00 27.8 22.5
26 Corn Grain Craked 9.4 0.7 0.3 9.5 1.5 4.2 0.9 76.1 3.2 0.95 9.3 70.8
27 Corn Ground, dried 9.4 0.7 0.3 9.5 1.5 4.2 0.9 76.1 3.2 1.00 9.3 74.6
30 Corn Ground Hi Moistu 9.2 0.6 0.3 10.3 1.5 4.3 0.9 75.3 3.3 1.04 9.1 76.7

CONCENTRATES (Protein)
37 Cotton Seed whole w lin 23.5 2.4 1.9 50.3 4.2 19.3 12.9 5.1 18.3 1.00 22.7 5.0
107 Soy bean meal, 48% 53.8 0.7 0.4 9.8 6.4 1.1 0.5 29.6 0.1 1.00 53.6 29.0

38 Cotton Seed Hulls 6.2 3.0 1.1 85.0 2.8 2.5 22.5 6.5 1.5 1.00 5.8 6.4

43 Tallow
44 Vegetable Oils
 FROM TDN
TDN CONTENT WHEN TO
CONSUMED AT MAINTENANCE DIGESTIBL
LEVEL OF INTAKE (TDN1x) E ENERGY
2.25
*td-
FA td-NDF TDN 1x DE 1x

% of % of % of
DM DM DM Mcal/kg DM

2.5 15.2 58.9 2.73

2.7 17.0 57.1 2.65

2.5 19.4 55.3 2.55
2.3 22.4 51.8 2.39

5.0 26.1 68.8 2.99

3.6 28.4 77.1 3.34

4.1 24.5 60.4 2.75

5.6 28.8 60.2 2.68

5.4 31.5 56.8 2.54

9.5 18.6 71.3 3.38

7.2 4.6 85.0 3.69
7.2 4.6 88.7 3.85
7.4 5.2 91.5 3.96

41.2 15.3 77.2 3.55

0.2 5.5 81.4 4.16

3.4 25.8 34.3 1.51

147.4
184.0
Diet TDN1x 69.58 % of Diet DM
Intake 4.00 x maintenance

Discount factor (expressed as a per 90.4 % of TDN1 (see Figure 1)

Decline in digestibility of TDN1x: 9.6 % of TDN1 (see Table 1)

Decline TDN1x: 6.7 TDN units

Diet TDNproductive level: 62.9 % of Diet DM

Table 1: Effect of intake and diet TDN on loss of diet digestibility

Diet Intake
TDN 1x (relative to maintenance)
(% diet D 1X 2X 3X 4X 5X
percentage of TDN1x that could have been digested
(but did not get digested because of higher
rate of passage associated with higher intake)
62.0 0.0 1.4 2.8
67.0 0.0 2.6 5.3 7.9
72.0 0.0 3.7 7.4 11.1 14.8
77.0 0.0 4.6 9.2 13.9 18.5
Discount (multiplication factor)

Figure 1: Loss of diet digestibility as a result of

increasing intake (i.e., ruminal rate of passage)
for diets ranging from low to high digestibility
at maintenance

1xM
2xM
3xM
0.70 4xM
60 62 64 66 68 70 72 74 76 78 80 5xM
Diet digestibility at maintenance (TDN1x, % diet DM)

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