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Quick Feeding Reference

Beef Dairy Aquaculture Poultry

Maximum
30-40% of diet DM 20% of diet DM 20% of diet DM 10-15% of diet DM
Inclusion
Typical Inclusion 20-30% of diet DM 10-15% of diet DM 5-10% of diet DM 5-10% of diet DM
(DRY) 3-6 lbs/head/day 3-10 lbs/head/day 4-5 lbs/1,000 fish/month 0.5-7 lbs per 100 birds
Typical Inclusion 9-18 lbs/head/day 9-30 lbs/head/day N/A N/A
(WET)

Typical Feed 5-7 lbs of feed DM: 0.5-0.75 lbs of feed DM: 0.5-1.1lbs of feed: 1.8-2.8 lbs of feed:
Efficiency 1 lb of gain 1 lb of milk 1 lb of gain 1 lb of gain

• Provides a source of • Provides a source of • Provides a source of • Provides a source

both protein and both protein and both protein and of both protein and
energy energy energy energy
• Lowers feed costs • Lowers feed costs • Lowers feed costs • Lowers feed costs
• Can be fed to all • Can be fed to heifers • Provides a source of • Provides a source of
stages of production yeast protein yeast protein

Dakota Gold • Replaces other protein

• Cattle can use • Lower fat content of • Source of available
Value sources such as SBM
digestible fiber from Dakota Gold reduces phosphorus which
and fish meal
Dakota Gold as an risk of milk-fat replaces ingredients
energy source depression like dicalcium
• Good source of
phosphate
methionine
• Palatable: encourages • Digestible fiber • Can be fed to multiple • Source of pigments
intake reduces risk of rumen species of aquaculture to improve egg yolk
acidosis and skin color

• Fiber concentration
• Elevated sulfur • Too much unsat- • Fiber concentration
of Dakota Gold
concentrations can urated fat in the diet of Dakota Gold
cause a condition in causes the cow to
• Sodium
cattle called produce less fat in • Lysine concentration
concentration of
polio encephalomacia her milk
Dakota Gold Dakota Gold
(PEM) • Minimal research
Limits
• Research suggests a • Carotenoids can cause
maximum total diet fillet pigmentation
concentration of 0.40%
sulfur

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