Table 1.
Ingredients and chemical composition of an experimental diet fed to Iranian Baluchi sheep
| Diet | |
|---|---|
| Ingredients (% DM) | |
| Barley silage | 65 |
| Corn grain, ground | 15 |
| Soybean meal | 8.5 |
| Wheat bran | 10 |
| Mineral-vitamin premixa | 0.7 |
| Limestone | 0.5 |
| Salt | 0.3 |
| Chemical composition (% DM) | |
| DM | 45 |
| CP | 15.23 |
| ADF | 25.34 |
| NDF | 43.50 |
| EE | 3.52 |
| Ca | 0.54 |
| P | 0.44 |
| Ash | 7.06 |
| ME (Mcal/kg DM) | 2.47 |
aContaining (g/kg premix; DM basis): 60,000 IU of vitamin D, 330,000 IU of vitamin A, 1000 IU of vitamin E, 160 g Ca, 85 g P, 63 g Na, 45 g Mg, 2100 mg Zn, 12 mg Se, 1500 mg Mn, 535 mg Cu, 45 mg I