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Composition of diets used in this study
| Ingredient | Diet composition (% dry weight) |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hay-based diet | Hay and flaxseed diet | Silage-based diet | Silage and flaxseed diet | |
| Alfalfa grass hay (chopped) | 47.5 | 47.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Barley silage | 0 | 0 | 47.5 | 47.5 |
| Steamed rolled barley grain | 47.5 | 32.5 | 47.5 | 32.5 |
| Ground flaxseeds | 0 | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| Other | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
