Table 1. Composition of experimental diets (g/kg of dry matter).
| Item | Treatments | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | LY1 | MOS2 | LY+ MOS3 | |
| Corn Silage | 90.0 | 90.0 | 90.0 | 90.0 |
| Whole corn | 765.0 | 765.0 | 765.0 | 765.0 |
| Concentrate | ||||
| Soybean meal | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Limestone | 20.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 |
| Common salt | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Urea | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 |
| Ammonium chloride | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Premix | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 |
| Saccharomyces cerevisiae, LY | - | 2.0 | - | 2.0 |
| Mannan-oligosaccharides, MOS | - | - | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Fine ground corn, mg/g | 9.990 | 7.980 | 7.980 | 6.030 |
| Sodium selenite, mg/g | 0.002 | 0.002 | 0.002 | 0.002 |
| Cobalt sulfate, mg/g | 0.008 | 0.008 | 0.008 | 0.008 |
| Calcium Iodate, mg/g | 0.008 | 0.008 | 0.008 | 0.008 |
| Chemical composition | ||||
| DM, g/kg as fed | 770.0 | |||
| CP | 140.0 | |||
| NDFap | 175.0 | |||
| ADF | 075.5 | |||
| NFC | 603.0 | |||
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1LY: live yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae)
2MOS: mannan-oligosaccharides
3LY+MOS: live yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) + MOS.