Table 1.
Chemical composition of complete diets (g/kg DM).
| Item | Diets1 |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| C20 | C40 | C60 | |
| Dry matter | 778 | 774 | 847 |
| Organic matter | 906 | 906 | 908 |
| Crude protein (CP) | 79.2 | 114 | 142 |
| Ether extract | 17.9 | 24.9 | 31.0 |
| Total ash | 87.2 | 87.8 | 88.9 |
| Neutral detergent fiber | 645 | 526 | 426 |
| Acid detergent fiber | 416 | 330 | 259 |
| Neutral detergent insoluble CP | 64.6 | 52.9 | 45.3 |
| Acid detergent insoluble CP | 25.3 | 27.6 | 28.9 |
| Acid detergent lignin | 60.5 | 52.4 | 47.2 |
| Total digestible nutrients, % | 53.3 | 59.8 | 64.9 |
| Metabolizable energy, MJ/kg DM | 7.90 | 9.28 | 10.3 |
1
C20, 20:60:20 maize:wheat straw:concentrate; C40, 20:40:40 maize:wheat straw:concentrate; C60, 10:30:60 maize:wheat straw:concentrate.