TABLE 1.
Dietary concentrate composition and nutrient levels (dry matter basis).
| Items | LP‐L | LP‐M | LP‐H |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ingredient (%) | |||
| Oat hay | 15.000 | 15.000 | 15.000 |
| Oat silage | 15.000 | 15.000 | 15.000 |
| Corn | 36.533 | 37.100 | 37.100 |
| Wheat | 7.700 | 7.700 | 7.700 |
| Soybean meal | 0.700 | 0.700 | 0.700 |
| Rapeseed meal | 7.000 | 7.000 | 7.000 |
| Cottonseed meal | 0.700 | 0.700 | 0.700 |
| Maize germ meal | 0.700 | 0.700 | 0.700 |
| Palm meal | 11.200 | 11.200 | 11.200 |
| NaCl | 0.350 | 0.350 | 0.602 |
| Limestone | 0.350 | 0.441 | 0.700 |
| Baking soda | 0.070 | 0 | 0.070 |
| Premix a | 2.940 | 2.940 | 2.940 |
| Lys | 1.386 | 0.931 | 0.483 |
| Met | 0.371 | 0.238 | 0.105 |
| Total | 100.000 | 100.000 | 100.000 |
| Nutrient levels | |||
| DE (MJ/kg) b | 10.760 | 10.840 | 10.840 |
| Crude protein | 9.940 | 9.980 | 9.980 |
| Ether extract | 2.850 | 2.870 | 2.870 |
| Crude fibre | 22.470 | 22.61 | 22.610 |
| Neutral detergent fibre | 33.720 | 33.77 | 33.770 |
| Acid detergent fibre | 23.370 | 23.39 | 23.390 |
| Ca | 0.421 | 0.424 | 0.424 |
| P | 0.171 | 0.172 | 0.172 |
a
Provided per kilogram of diets: Cu 15 mg, Fe 55 mg, Zn 25 mg, Mn40 mg, Se 0.30 mg, I 0.5 mg, Co 0.20 mg, VA 20 000 IU, VD 4 000 IU, VE 40 IU.
b
Digestive energy is the calculated value, whereas the rest are measured values.