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TABLE A-7. CRUDE PROTEIN AND ENERGY ALLOWANCES FOR MILK PRODUCTION (ADD TO MAINTENANCE)


Milk/day (lb)

1
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100

3.0
CP (lb)	NE_L (Mcal)	TDN (lb)

.078	0.29	0.28
0.78	2.90	2.80
1.56	5.80	5.60
2.34	8.70	8.40
3.12	11.60	11.20
3.90	14.50	14.00
4.68	17.40	16.80
5.46	20.30	19.60
6.24	23.20	22.40
7.02	26.10	25.20
7.80	29.00	28.00

3.5
CP (lb)	NE_L (Mcal)	TDN (lb)

.084	0.31	0.301
.84	3.10	3.01
1.68	6.20	6.02
2.52	9.30	9.03
3.36	12.40	12.04
4.20	15.50	15.05
5.04	18.60	18.06
5.88	21.70	21.07
6.72	24.80	24.08
7.56	27.90	27.09
8.40	31.00	30.10

3.75
CP (lb)	NE_L (Mcal)	TDN (lb)

.087	0.325	0.312
.87	3.25	3.12
1.74	6.50	6.24
2.61	9.75	9.36
3.48	13.00	12.48
4.35	16.25	15.60
5.22	19.50	18.72
6.09	22.75	21.84
6.96	26.00	24.96
7.83	29.25	28.08
8.70	32.50	31.20

4.0
CP (lb)	NE_L (Mcal)	TDN (lb)

0.09	0.33	0.322
.90	3.30	3.22
1.80	6.60	6.44
2.70	9.90	9.66
3.60	13.20	12.88
4.50	16.50	16.10
5.40	19.80	19.32
6.30	23.10	22.54
7.20	26.40	25.76
8.10	29.70	28.98
9.00	33.00	32.20

4.5
CP (lb)	NE_L (Mcal)	TDN (lb)

0.096	0.36	0.343
.96	3.60	3.43
1.92	7.20	6.86
2.88	10.80	10.29
3.84	14.40	13.72
4.80	18.00	17.15
5.76	21.60	20.58
6.72	25.20	24.01
7.68	28.80	27.44
8.64	32.40	30.87
9.60	36.00	34.30

5.0
CP (lb)	NE_L (Mcal)	TDN (lb)

0.101	0.38	0.364
1.01	3.80	3.64
2.02	7.60	7.28
3.03	11.40	10.92
4.04	15.20	14.56
5.05	19.00	18.20
6.06	22.80	21.84
7.07	26.60	25.48
8.08	30.40	29.12
9.09	34.20	32.76
10.10	38.00	36.40

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