Table 1.
Composition and nutrient concentrations of the basal diet (dry matter basis), %
| Ingredients | Content |
|---|---|
| Oat hey | 15.00 |
| Oat silage | 15.00 |
| Corn | 36.05 |
| Soybean meal | 1.40 |
| Rapeseed meal | 8.96 |
| Cottonseed meal | 1.40 |
| Palm meal | 17.50 |
| NaCl | 0.70 |
| Limestone | 0.70 |
| Baking soda | 0.07 |
| Premixa | 3.22 |
| Nutrient levelsb | |
| Digestible energy, MJ/kg | 9.58 |
| Crude protein | 11.83 |
| Ether extract | 3.58 |
| Crude fiber | 15.90 |
| Neutral detergent fiber | 36.99 |
| Acid detergent fiber | 25.68 |
| Ca | 0.99 |
| P | 0.57 |
aThe premix provided per kilogram of TMR (dry matter basis): Cu 18 mg, Fe 66 mg, Zn 30 mg, Mn 48 mg, Se 0.36 mg, I 0.6 mg, Co 0.24 mg, VA 24,000 IU, VD 4,800 IU, VE 48 IU
bDigestible energy value was calculated while the other nutrients were the measured values