Table 1.
Ingredients and nutritional composition of the control and treatment concentrate (20% PBB) mixtures
| Item | Control | Treatment |
|---|---|---|
| Concentrate ingredients (% DM) | ||
| Corn | 53.0 | 42.4 |
| Wheat bran | 10.0 | 8.0 |
| SBM | 10.0 | 8.0 |
| Cottonseed cake | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| Cottonseed meal | 7.0 | 5.6 |
| Sesame meal | 8.0 | 6.4 |
| CaCO3 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| CaHPO4 | 3.0 | 2.4 |
| NaHCO3 | 1.5 | 1.2 |
| Salt | 1.0 | 0.8 |
| Premix1 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
| Pelletized broccoli byproducts | 0.0 | 20.0 |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Composition (% of DM) | ||
| Crude protein | 20.6 | 20.5 |
| Neutral detergent fiber | 15.3 | 21.4 |
| Acid detergent fiber | 7.30 | 13.4 |
| NEL2 (Mcal/kg of DM) | 1.61 | 1.57 |
PBB, pelletized broccoli byproducts; DM, dry matter; SBM, soybean meal; NEL, net energy for lactation.
1
Formulated to provide (per kg): Cu 3,000 mg; Zn 14,000 mg; Mn 800 mg; I 200 mg; Se 100 mg; Co 60 mg; vitamin A 1,200,000 IU; vitamin D3 300,000 IU; vitamin E 5,000 mg.
2
Calculated according to Ministry of Agriculture individual feedstuffs recommendations (MoA, 2004).