Table 3.

Analyzed chemical composition of diets used in Exp. 1 (% as-fed basis)¹⁾

Item	Source of barley
	Australia	France	Canada
Dry matter	89.28	88.78	88.45
Gross energy (MJ/kg)	15.66	15.57	15.61
Crude protein	9.35	9.54	10.52
Neutral detergent fiber	18.94	23.08	20.96
Acid detergent fiber	4.76	5.30	4.59
Ether extract	2.43	3.02	2.47
Ash	4.41	4.58	4.88
Calcium	0.66	0.71	0.65
Total phosphorus	0.61	0.62	0.63

¹⁾Analyses conducted in duplicate.