Table 1.
Ingredients and chemical composition of concentrate, untreated rice straw and urea-treated (3%) rice straw
| Item | Concentrate | RS1 | UTRS2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ingredient | -----------------% of DM----------------- | ||
| Cassava chip | 65.3 | - | - |
| Coconut meal | 8.8 | - | - |
| Palm kernel meal | 6.8 | - | - |
| Rice bran | 9.5 | - | - |
| Urea | 3.1 | - | - |
| Molasses | 2.0 | - | - |
| Tallow | 1.5 | - | - |
| Salt | 1.0 | - | - |
| Sulfur | 1.0 | - | - |
| Mineral premix3 | 1.0 | - | - |
| Chemical composition | |||
| Dry matter (g/kg) | 87.5 | 93.7 | 51.0 |
| -----------------% of DM----------------- | |||
| Organic matter | 92.4 | 86.7 | 85.0 |
| Crude protein | 14.1 | 2.5 | 5.4 |
| Neutral detergent fiber | 29.3 | 75.5 | 77.4 |
| Acid detergent fiber | 19.4 | 55.2 | 54.6 |
| Ash | 7.6 | 13.3 | 14.5 |
1
Untreated rice straw.
2
Urea-treated (3%) rice straw.
3
Minerals and vitamins (each kg contains): Vitamin A, 10,000,000 IU; Vitamin E, 70,000 IU; Vitamin D, 1,600,000 IU; Fe, 50 g; Zn, 40 g; Mn, 40 g; Co, 0.1 g; Cu, 10 g; Se, 0.1 g; I, 0.5 g.