Table 1.
Ingredients of low concentrate and high concentrate diet
| Item | Ingredient | LC | HC |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forage | Corn silage | 30.00 | 20.00 |
| Alfalfa hay | 30.00 | 20.00 | |
| Concentrate | Corn | 22.78 | 33.60 |
| Bran | 5.15 | 15.00 | |
| Soybean meal | 9.80 | 9.00 | |
| Calcium phosphate dibasic | 0.92 | 0.53 | |
| Limestone | 0.00 | 0.52 | |
| Salt | 0.35 | 0.35 | |
| Premixa | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Total | 100.00 | 100.00 | |
| Nutrient composition | NE(MJ/Kg) | 6.32 | 6.74 |
| CP (%) | 16.00 | 16.20 | |
| EE (%) | 3.96 | 4.15 | |
| NDF (%) | 37.71 | 31.92 | |
| ADF (%) | 22.75 | 17.55 | |
| NFC (%) | 33.43 | 40.31 | |
| Starch (%) | 25.33 | 32.28 | |
| Ca (%) | 0.90 | 0.80 | |
| P (%) | 0.45 | 0.45 |
aPremix contained VA 1900 ku/kg; VD 250 ku/kg; VE 3000 mg/kg; Niacin 4000 mg/kg; Cu 1200 mg/kg; Fe 525 mg/kg; Zn 13,000 mg/kg; Mn 5500 mg/kg; I 170 mg/kg; Co 50 mg/kg; Se 27 mg/kg
LC low concentration diet, HC high concentration diet