Table 1.
Proportion of ingredients and chemical composition of the ingredients and experimental diets
| Items | Ingredients | Diets1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sorghum halepense | Panicum maximum | Enterolobium cyclocarpum | Gliricidia sepium | Soybean meal | Wheat bran | Cane molasses | E + G:0 | E + G: 15 | |
| Chemical composition | |||||||||
| Dry matter | 911.9 | 883.5 | 955.7 | 912.1 | 916.4 | 915.0 | 860.0 | ||
| Crude protein, g/kg DM2 | 27.7 | 43.3 | 156.3 | 163.6 | 431.0 | 164.3 | 31.5 | 9.7 | 10.0 |
| Neutral detergent fiber, g/kg DM | 753.2 | 767.5 | 310.1 | 556.7 | 287.8 | 479.8 | n.d.3 | 64.4 | 61.8 |
| Acid detergent fiber, g/kg DM | 502.1 | 513.4 | 212.9 | 429.3 | 81.3 | 139.8 | n.d. | 39.5 | 39.1 |
| Gross energy, MJ/kg DM | 16.9 | 16.3 | 17.3 | 17.9 | 18.1 | 17.2 | 14.7 | 16.4 | 16.4 |
| Ash, g/kg DM | 57.3 | 63.5 | 36.3 | 98.2 | 67.4 | 59.6 | 119.0 | 6.16 | 6.26 |
| Total phenols, mg/g | 10.5 | 3.6 | 14.2 | 6.4 | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 0.55 | 0.64 |
| Tannins phenols, mg/g | 0.6 | 0.5 | 8.2 | 1.1 | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 0.28 | 0.32 |
| Condensed tannins, mg/g | 16.5 | 0.0 | 41.3 | 45.9 | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 0.68 | 1.24 |
| Saponins, mg/g | 0.0 | 0.0 | 27.0 | 17.0 | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 0.00 | 3.30 |
| Sorghum halepense | Panicum maximum | Enterolobium cyclocarpum | Gliricidia sepium | Soybean meal | Wheat bran | Cane molasses | Minerals | CaCO3 | |
| Proportion of ingredients, % | |||||||||
| E + G:0 | 42.27 | 30.48 | 0 | 0 | 11.94 | 11.94 | 2.43 | 0.65 | 0.28 |
| E + G: 15 | 37.05 | 26.80 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 2.43 | 0.65 | 0.28 |
1E + G:0 = Control diet; E + G:15 = Diet with E. cyclocarpum 7.5% + G. sepium 7.5%.
2DM = Dry matter.
3n.d. = not determined.