Table 1. Ingredients and nutrient composition of the experimental diets.

Item	Experimental diet1
	CONT	EML	SMFP
Ingredient composition, %(DM basis)
Corn silage	40.0	40.0	40.0
Brewer’s grain	20.0	20.0	20.0
Corn	30.2	27.0	24.5
Cotton seed meal	7.8	3.0	7.2
Ensiled mulberry leaves	0.0	8.0	0.0
Sun-dried mulberry fruit pomace	0.0	0.0	6.3
Limestone powder	0.7	0.7	0.7
Calcium hydrogen phosphate	0.1	0.1	0.1
Sodium bicarbonate	0.5	0.5	0.5
Salt	0.5	0.5	0.5
Premix2	0.2	0.2	0.2
Nutrient composition, DM basis
ME (Mcal/kg)	2.69	2.69	2.70
CP (%)	14.01	14.06	13.98
Ca (%)	0.56	0.57	0.55
P (%)	0.33	0.33	0.33
ADF (%)	21.42	22.56	21.51

¹ CONT  =  control; EML  =  ensiled mulberry leaves; SMFP  =  sun-dried mulberry fruit pomace.

² Supplied per kilogram of dietary DM: 15 mg of Cu, 65 mg of Zn, 28 mg of Mn, 0.7 mg of I, 0.2 mg of Co, 0.3 mg of Se, 6,000 IU of vitamin A, 600 IU of vitamin D, and 47 IU of vitamin E.

³ ME  =  metabolizable energy; CP  =  crude protein; ADF  =  acid detergent fiber.