Table 1. Lamb feed.

Ingredient

As-fed, %

Per ton, lb

Corn grain

Soybean hulls

Molasses (add last)^a

Calcium carbonate

Vitamin-mineral premix

Totals

^aMolasses is included to reduce the dust. Alternatively, vegetable oil, which often can be obtained at no cost as used product from restaurants that make french-fries, can be used in place of molasses.

^bAmmonium chloride is included as a source of protein. It also acidifies the urine to help prevent urinary calculi in males. It can be partially replaced with filler [perhaps to 25% of the supplement (0.5% of the diet)] or – if the diet will not be fed to males for a long period of time – completely replaced with corn. Ammonium chloride is not needed for diets for ewes and should be included with caution in diets for young lambs without fully-developed rumens.

^cContains 19,075 ppm (DM basis) and 17,011 ppm (air dry basis) of vitamin E. This is in addition to the vitamin E in the premix to meet the added requirements for lambs.

^dIn addition to the Deccox in the premix to ensure that lambs consume sufficient amounts.

Table 2. Mineral & vitamin premix specifications (1% of diet)^a. 

Amount

Nutrient or ingredient^b

Diet

Premix

Units

Salt

0.50

50

%

Deccox, 6% premix

0.05

5

%

Mineral oil

0.005

0.5

%

Manganese

25

2500

ppm

Vitamin E

10

1000

IU/lb

Selenium

0.30

30

ppm

Iodine

0.80

80

ppm

Vitamin A

1,200

120,000

IU/lb

Vitamin D

150

15,000

IU/lb

Cobalt

0.2

20

ppm

^aAlternatively, a different vitamin and mineral mix can be used if the concentrations of minerals and vitamins meet the specified dietary concentrations.

^bThe first three items are ingredients that make up 55.5% of the premix. The other items are nutrients to be supplied by ingredients that make up the other 44.5% of the premix and/or a filler like distillers grains.