Pattern for Range Supplements for Sheep

Pattern for Range Supplements for Sheep

---------------------% of Individual Feed---------------------

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.

—, no recommended amount.