Table 1.
Feed ingredients and nutrition levels for background period and different treatment groups during finishing
|
Item |
Background |
Finishing |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
HE |
LE |
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| LP | HP | LP | HP | ||
|
Ingredient, % DM |
|
|
|
|
|
| Hybrid penisetum |
20.00 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Rice straw |
20.00 |
20.00 |
20.00 |
30.00 |
30.00 |
| Ground corn |
29.90 |
66.54 |
61.03 |
41.23 |
36.83 |
| Soybean meal |
19.18 |
10.46 |
15.97 |
3.70 |
7.86 |
| Cottonseed meal |
7.45 |
— |
— |
4.32 |
7.56 |
| Wheat bran |
— |
— |
— |
18.00 |
15.00 |
| Limestone |
0.67 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
| Sodium bicarbonate |
1.00 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Salt |
1.20 |
1.20 |
1.20 |
1.05 |
1.05 |
| Premix1 |
0.60 |
0.80 |
0.80 |
0.70 |
0.70 |
|
Nutrient level, % DM |
|
|
|
|
|
| DM |
74.19 |
86.31 |
86.45 |
86.69 |
86.85 |
| CP |
16.52 |
11.96 |
14.34 |
11.90 |
14.30 |
| TDN |
68.22 |
79.78 |
79.87 |
69.95 |
70.03 |
| NDF |
34.27 |
21.60 |
21.81 |
33.09 |
33.24 |
| ADF |
20.53 |
11.27 |
11.59 |
17.75 |
18.40 |
| Ca |
0.42 |
0.39 |
0.40 |
0.41 |
0.42 |
| P | 0.31 | 0.23 | 0.24 | 0.35 | 0.38 |
1Vitamin and mineral premix contained per kilogram DM: Vitamin A, 154,000 IU; Vitamin D, 38,500 IU; Vitamin E, 3,500 IU; Fe, 9.0 g; Zn, 7.0 g; Mn, 14.0 g; Cu, 1.0 g; I, 138.0 mg; Se 30.0 mg; Co, 60 mg; Monensin, 30 g/1,000 kg.