Table 1.

Composition and nutritive value of diets and their constituents

Chemical composition		RD/CD	MD	Complement	Beef meat
Dry matter	%	90.0	57.6	93.0	35.5
Crude protein	%/DM	26.7	26.2	11.9	49.6
Crude fat	%/DM	10.6	18.2	4.1	41.4
Crude fiber	%/DM	2.8	0.7	1.2	-
Ash	%/DM	10.0	4.3	5.5	2.3
Ca	%/DM	0.90	0.70	1.16	0.04
P	%/DM	0.70	0.40	0.31	0.48
Metabolizable Energy	kcal/100 g DM	358	442	347	598

RD Reference Diet, extruded diet fed until the beginning of the experimental period (T0), CD The same RD diet used as Control Diet during the experiment, MD Experimental Mixed Diet