Table 1.

Chemical composition and ingredients of experimental diet

Feed ingredients	%	Chemical composition	%
Alfalfa hay	13.5	Metabolizable energy (Mcal/Kg)	2.78
Wheat straw	6.5	Crude protein	12.8
Beet pulp	10	Dry matter	60.7
Corn grain	32	Organic matter	93.5
Barley grain	32	Ether extract	3.1
Soybean meal	4.5	Ash	6.4
Carbonate calcium	0.6	Neutral detergent fiber	27.7
White salt	0.3	Non fibrous carbohydrate	54.1
Ammonium chloride	0.4	Calcium	0.6
Mineral vitamin premix*	0.2	Phosphorous	0.3

Non-fibrous carbohydrates = (ash + ether extract + Neutral detergent fibers + crude protein) -100

*Per kilogram of premix: 1,300,000 international units of vitamin A, 360,000 units of vitamin D, 1,200 units of vitamin E, 16 grams of zinc, 10 grams of manganese, 0.8 grams of iron, 0.12 grams of cobalt, 0.15 grams of iodine, and 0.08 grams of selenium