Table 1.
Ingredients and nutrient composition (% of DM, unless otherwise specified) of basal diet used for the sheep
| Item | Content |
|---|---|
| Ingredients,% | |
| Corn grain1 | 42.6 |
| Soybean meal | 14.6 |
| Chinese wildrye hay2 | 40.0 |
| Limestone | 0.80 |
| CaHPO4 | 0.50 |
| NaCl | 0.50 |
| Premix3 | 1.00 |
| Nutrients composition | |
| DM | 88.2 |
| OM | 92.5 |
| CP | 13.1 |
| EE | 1.70 |
| NDF | 32.8 |
| ADF | 19.9 |
| Ca | 0.66 |
| P | 0.34 |
| ME,4 MJ/kg | 9.30 |
1Composition was 85.7% DM, 98.5% OM, 8.4% CP, 9.4% NDF, 3.5% ADF, 1.9% EE, 0.09% Ca, and 0.28% P based on three samples composited by period.
2Composition was 90.6% DM, 92.1% OM, 8.0% CP, 68.8% NDF, 44.0% ADF, 1.8% EE, 0.39% Ca, and 0.09% P based on three samples composited by period.
3The premix provided the following per kg of diets: Cu 15.0 mg, Fe 100.0 mg, Mn 60.0 mg, Zn 100.0 mg, I 0.9 mg, Se 0.3 mg, Co 0.2 mg, VA 16 000 IU, VD3 4 000 IU, VE 100 IU.
4Estimated based on small ruminant NRC (2007).