Table 1.
Feed ingredients and chemical composition of basal total mixed ration on a dry matter (DM) basis.
| Items | Content |
|---|---|
| Ingredient, % of DM | |
| Corn | 49.40 |
| Soybean meal | 17.70 |
| Wheat bran | 11.60 |
| Cottonseed meal | 6.30 |
| Alfalfa meal | 5.00 |
| Corn straw | 5.00 |
| Corn silage | 2.00 |
| CaHCO3 | 1.00 |
| Premix 1 | 1.00 |
| NaCl | 0.50 |
| Limestone | 0.50 |
| Chemical composition of diet 2 | |
| DM (% as fed) | 85.25 |
| DE (MJ/kg) | 12.40 |
| CP (% DM) | 18.94 |
| NDF (% DM) | 19.21 |
| ADF (% DM) | 10.26 |
| Ca (% DM) | 0.66 |
| P (% DM) | 0.44 |
1
Premix was provided per kg of diet: I 0.85 mg, Fe 53 mg, Cu 12 mg, Mo 0.7 mg, Co 0.4 mg, Mn 43 mg, Zn 35 mg, Se 0.3 mg, VA 940 IU, VD 132 IU, VE 12.8 IU.
2
Ca, P, and DE was calculated value, the rest were measured values.