Pattern for Range Supplements for Sheep
---------------------% of Individual Feed--------------------- | ||||||
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Supplement Group | Supplement Subgroup | Feedstuff (Suggested Maximum %) | Sample High-Protein Diet, % | Sample Medium-Protein Diet, % | Sample Low-Protein Diet, % | |
Energy feeds | Grains | Barley 75 | — | 33 | 57.5 | |
Corn 60 | 5 | 10 | 15 | |||
Wheat 60 | — | |||||
Milo 60 | — | |||||
Oats 15 | — | |||||
No. 1 screenings 10 | — | |||||
Mill feeds | Wheat mixed feed 10 | — | ||||
Shorts 10 | — | |||||
Molasses 15 | 5 | 5 | 10 | |||
Beet pulp 10 | — | 10 | ||||
Protein supplements | 30–40% protein feeds | Cottonseed meal 75 | 62.5 | 32.5 | 5 | |
Linseed meal 25 | — | |||||
Soybean meal 75 | 10 | 10 | — | |||
Peanut meal 25 | — | |||||
20–30% protein feeds | Corn gluten feed 15 | — | ||||
Corn distiller’s dried grains 10 | — | |||||
Wheat distiller’s grains 10 | — | |||||
Brewer’s dried grains 5 | — | |||||
Safflower meal 25 | — | |||||
Cull beans 15 | — | |||||
Mineral supplements | Bone meal or defluorinated phosphate | 4 | 3 | 2 | ||
Dicalcium phosphate | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |||
Disodium phosphate | — | |||||
Monocalcium phosphate | — | |||||
Monosodium phosphate | — | |||||
Salt or trace mineralized salt | — | |||||
Vitamin supplements | Dehydrated alfalfa meal 20 | 12.5 | 6 | — | ||
Sun-cured alfalfa meal 20 | — | |||||
Vitamin A and carotene concentrates | — | |||||
Total | 100 | 100 | 100 | |||
Suggested Composition | ||||||
Total crude protein, % | 36 | 24 | 12 | |||
Phosphorus, % | 1.5 | 1 | 0.5 | |||
Carotene, mg/kg | 35 | 17 | — | |||
Rate of feeding, g/day—ewes | 115 | 150–225 | 90–450 | |||
—, no recommended amount. | ||||||