Table 1.
Composition of the diet offered to yearling goat doelings and hair sheep ewe lambs during 6 periods.
| Item | Feedstuff |
|
|---|---|---|
| Concentrate | Wheat hay | |
| Ingredient composition, % dry matter | ||
| Vitamin premix1 | 9.904 | |
| Trace mineral mix2 | 10.564 | |
| Soybean meal | 79.532 | |
| Chemical composition (dry matter basis)3 | ||
| Ash, % | 24.1 ± 0.39 | 9.0 ± 0.20 |
| Crude protein, % | 35.7 ± 0.34 | 10.0 ± 0.29 |
| Neutral detergent fiber, % | 11.9 ± 0.25 | 66.8 ± 0.59 |
| Acid detergent fiber, % | 10.0 ± 0.21 | 41.5 ± 0.58 |
| Acid detergent lignin, % | 3.0 ± 0.09 | 8.5 ± 0.32 |
| Calcium, % | 4.32 ± 0.113 | 0.37 ± 0.014 |
| Phosphorus, % | 0.53 ± 0.005 | 0.35 ± 0.012 |
| Magnesium, % | 0.22 ± 0.001 | 0.15 ± 0.006 |
| Potassium, % | 1.72 ± 0.022 | 1.17 ± 0.041 |
| Sodium, % | 0.069 ± 0.0040 | 0.066 ± 0.0100 |
| Sulfur, % | 1.78 ± 0.041 | 0.09 ± 0.003 |
| Iron, mg/kg | 6379 ± 261.3 | 201 ± 8.6 |
| Copper, mg/kg | 1799 ± 62.1 | 7.0 ± 2.80 |
| Manganese, mg/kg | 3474 ± 208.7 | 65 ± 1.7 |
| Zinc, mg/kg | 9301 ± 345.0 | 49 ± 12.6 |
1
Vitamin premix contained the following: 8,800,000 IU/kg vitamin A, 1,760,000 IU/kg vitamin D3, and 1100 IU/kg vitamin E.
2
Trace mineral mix contained the following: 275 mg/kg Co, 2000 mg/kg I, 43,746 mg/kg Fe, 750 mg/kg Se, 18,748 mg/kg Cu, 68,741 mg/kg Zn, and 19,998 mg/kg Mn.
3
Mean ± standard error of the mean (SEM) based on 18 weekly samples.