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FEEDING MARINE ALGAE TO DAIRY COWS DURING TRANSITION<br />

et al., 1994) supply in the total ration as calculated for the CON. For PRIM <strong>and</strong> MULT<br />

cows this was calculated to be respectively 0.81 kg Glucolac 21, 1.17 kg Aminolac 38<br />

Extra®, 2 kg marine algae <strong>and</strong> 2.81 kg Glucolac 21, 1.17 kg Aminolac 38 Extra <strong>and</strong> 2 kg<br />

marine algae at 21 d.<br />

Table 1. Ingredient composition <strong>of</strong> concentrates used in the experiment<br />

ALG AMINOLAC 4 GLUCOLAC 5<br />

Chemical composition, g/kg <strong>of</strong> DM<br />

Dry matter 890.0 890.0 890.0<br />

Crude ash 46.0 110.0 70.0<br />

Crude protein 198.0 390.5 217.5<br />

Crude fat 82.0 42.0 42.5<br />

VEM 1 (/kg <strong>of</strong> DM) 1,148.00 930.00 960.00<br />

DVE 2 139.00 200.00 115.00<br />

Ingredient, g/kg <strong>of</strong> product<br />

Rapeseed meal 96.0 150.0 300.0<br />

Rapseed hulls 150.0<br />

Soybean hulls 3 210.0<br />

Corn middlings 110.0<br />

Corn gluten feed 96.0<br />

Wheat middlings 110.0<br />

Beet vinasse 20.0 90.0<br />

Wheat 192.0 80.0<br />

Toasted soybean expeller 55.0 600.0 61.0<br />

Citrus pulp 30.0<br />

Formaldehyde treated soybean meal 53.0<br />

Sunflower expeller 40.0<br />

Palmseed hulls 8.0<br />

Palm oil 2.0 4.0<br />

Beet pulp 288.0<br />

Beet molasse 67.0<br />

Alfalfa pellets<br />

DHA Gold 4 110.0<br />

Other components 43.0 38.0<br />

1<br />

Voeder Eenheid Melk (Van Es, 1978)<br />

2<br />

Darm Verteerbaar Eiwit (Tamminga et al., 1994)<br />

3<br />

Martek DHA gold, Martek Biosciences Corp., Colombia, MD<br />

4<br />

Aminolac 38 Extra, AVEVE Group, Merksem, Belgium<br />

5<br />

Glucolac 21, AVEVE Group, Merksem, Belgium<br />

BODY CONDITION SCORING<br />

Body condition scores were recorded weekly by the same person using a score on<br />

a 1-5 scale, with 0.25 increments (Edmonson et al., 1989) from the week before the<br />

expected calving day until week 12 after parturition.<br />

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