Table 2. Ingredient and nutritional composition of the control and treatment pellet.

Item	Control pellet	Treatment pellet	SD
Ingredient, % of dry matter
Ground corn	42.47	42.44
Wheat middlings	27.76	27.23
Wheat flour	15.16	10.10
Soybean meal (47.5%)	10.92	10.92
Molasses	3.16	3.16
Super bind1	0.53	0.53
Test feed premix2	-	5.62
Nutrient, analyzed, % of dry matter (unless otherwise specified)
Dry matter, % as-fed	87.60	87.44	0.81
Crude protein	17.33	17.30	0.38
Acid detergent fiber	6.77	5.30	0.70
Neutral detergent fiber	15.33	14.52	0.94
NEL3, Mcal/kg	1.94	1.94	0.02

¹Modified lignin sulfonate pellet binder (Bonaventure Chemicals, Inc., Weston, FL)

²Test feed premix included wheat flour, calcium carbonate, and Scutellaria baicalensis extract

³Estimated according to NRC (2001)