Table 3
Macro-minerals content in concentrate feed ingredients (on DM basis)

ParticularCaPMgSKNa
Critical level*<0.30%<0.25%<0.20%<0.20%<0.9%<0.06%
Crushed maize (25), Zea mays0.02 ± 0.000.26 ± 0.010.10 ± 0.000.11 ± 0.000.37 ± 0.010.01 ± 0.00
Wheat bran (81), Triticum aestivum0.12 ± 0.020.84 ± 0.030.33 ± 0.010.20 ± 0.001.06 ± 0.030.02 ± 0.00
Mustard oil cake (54), Brassica campestris0.68 ± 0.030.96 ± 0.030.40 ± 0.021.26 ± 0.051.12 ± 0.040.02 ± 0.00
Cattle feed (21)0.99 ± 0.11.41 ± 0.060.78 ± 0.030.44 ± 0.031.26 ± 0.050.65 ± 0.06
Gram chunni (9), Cicer arieninum0.63 ± 0.140.25 ± 0.020.33 ± 0.080.13 ± 0.010.73 ± 0.030.02 ± 0.00
Rice bran (15), Oryza sativa0.11 ± 0.010.46 ± 0.050.29 ± 0.020.11 ± 0.010.61 ± 0.070.01 ± 0.00
Maize + wheat mixture (17), Zea mays + Triticum aestivum0.20 ± 0.070.36 ± 0.020.20 ± 0.030.17 ± 0.020.61 ± 0.060.02 ± 0.01
Crushed wheat (12), Triticum aestivum0.06 ± 0.010.31 ± 0.010.12 ± 0.000.15 ± 0.010.41 ± 0.010.00 ± 0.00
Wheat grain (5), Triticum aestivum0.04 ± 0.000.30 ± 0.010.11 ± 0.000.17 ± 0.010.38 ± 0.010.01 ± 0.00
Gram flour (15), Cicer arietinum0.09 ± 0.020.29 ± 0.020.12 ± 0.010.17 ± 0.020.74 ± 0.080.01 ± 0.00
Kesari dal (3), Lathyrus sativus0.13 ± 0.000.28 ± 0.000.14 ± 0.000.18 ± 0.010.73 ± 0.090.02 ± 0.00
Linseed cake (6), Linum usitatissimum0.49 ± 0.040.58 ± 0.020.38 ± 0.010.35 ± 0.040.92 ± 0.040.02 ± 0.00
Maize grain (5), Zea mays0.01 ± 0.000.27 ± 0.010.10 ± 0.010.11 ± 0.010.39 ± 0.010.01 ± 0.00
Masoor chunni (4), Lens culinaris0.37 ± 0.020.21 ± 0.060.28 ± 0.020.10 ± 0.010.50 ± 0.020.04 ± 0.00
Masoor + arhar mix chunni (6), Lens culinaris + Cajanus cajan0.43 ± 0.010.17 ± 0.030.21 ± 0.010.12 ± 0.010.83 ± 0.150.04 ± 0.01
Sesame cake (6), Sesamum indicum0.64 ± 0.180.77 ± 0.040.45 ± 0.020.54 ± 0.061.12 ± 0.040.05 ± 0.01
Jowar green (2), Sorghum bicolor0.43 ± 0.050.29 ± 0.020.27 ± 0.020.20 ± 0.012.01 ± 0.160.01 ± 0.00
Wheat flour (7), Triticum aestivum0.06 ± 0.010.30 ± 0.010.13 ± 0.000.18 ± 0.000.41 ± 0.020.03 ± 0.00
Bengal gram (2), Cicer arietinum0.23 ± 0.020.49 ± 0.040.18 ± 0.010.27 ± 0.021.07 ± 0.030.03 ± 0.01
Maize cake (2), Zea mays0.07 ± 0.010.28 ± 0.020.06 ± 0.010.24 ± 0.020.13 ± 0.010.02 ± 0.01