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1 Energy Metabolism Unit, Ruminant Nutrition Laboratory, Livestock and Poultry Sciences Institute, Building 162, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center-East, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705
2 Dairy Science Department, South Dakota State University, Brookings 57007-0647
Thirty-five 3-mo-old 150-kg Holstein heifers were fed diets containing two nonstructural carbohydrate sources (corn or barley) with two quantities of undegradable protein (soybean meal or extruded soybean meal) for 9 wk in a 2 x 2 factorial arrangement to evaluate NRC guidelines that the diet contain increased quantities of undegraded intake protein. Total mixed diets fed for ad libitum intake contained approximately 17.4% CP, consisting of 16.7% corn silage (DM basis), 33.3% chopped alfalfa hay, and 50% concentrate mix. Average daily gains were greater for heifers fed extruded soybean meal, but response was greater when heifers were fed barley-extruded soybean meal (1.12, 1.13, 1.05, and 1.23 kg/d for corn-soybean meal, corn-extruded soybean meal, barley-soybean meal, and barley-extruded soybean meal, respectively) than diets of barley-soybean meal. Extruded soybean meal increased DMI (5.9, 6.1, 5.2, and 6.7 kg/d), but DMI were similar when diets based on corn or barley were fed. Diets with greater concentrations of undegraded intake protein fed to dairy heifers resulted in greater DMI and average daily gains, but responses were greater when heifers were fed diets based on barley rather than corn. These results suggest that current NRC recommendations for undegraded intake protein fed to 3- to 6-mo-old dairy heifers are too high; diets containing 35 to 40% undegraded intake protein should be sufficient.
Key Words: undegradable protein • heifers • nonstructural carbohydrates
Submitted on October 1, 1993
Accepted on April 15, 1994
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