1. 2 pts) You need to feed 15 pounds of silage dry matter to one cow. The DM per

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1. 2 pts) You need to feed 15 pounds of silage dry matter to one cow. The DM percentage of the silage is 32%. How many pounds of as fed silage do you need to feed one cow? How many pounds of as fed silage do you need for 25 cows? 00 los S log as fed - (2 pts) The canned dog food you areusing is 80% wate? The CP percentage in the food as fed is 6%, what is the CP percentage in the dry matter? Explain why the CP% differs for the food as fed and the dry matter. 2. (2 pts) You have 45 kg of corn gluten meal. The DM percentage is 89%. The CP percentage 100% DM basis is 45%. what is the CP percentage on an as fed basis? 3. looasteè 00D

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2) CP%/DM%= CP% of Dry matter/100%DM

6%/80%= Cp% of Dry matter/ 100%

600/80=CP of dry matter

CP of dry matter= 7.5

i.e 7.5% CP on DM basis

so the percentage of CP% is more in dry matter because all the water is removed . The fraction of the protien in the inredients is more concentrated.

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