Table 1.
Ingredients and chemical composition of diets fed to Awassi ewes (Experiment 1 and 2).
| Diets * | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| SM0 | SM7.5 | SM15 | |
| Ingredients (% DM) | |||
| Barley grain | 58.0 | 58.0 | 58.0 |
| Soybean meal, 44% CP (solvent) | 15.0 | 7.5 | 0 |
| Sesame meal | 0 | 7.5 | 15.0 |
| Wheat straw | 26.0 | 26.0 | 26.0 |
| Salt | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Limestone | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Mineral vitamin premix ** | + | + | + |
| Feed cost / ton (US$) | 334 | 297 | 261 |
| Nutrients | |||
| Dry matter, % DM | 90.0 | 90.1 | 90.0 |
| Crude protein, % DM | 16.1 | 16.1 | 16.1 |
| Neutral detergent fiber, % DM | 31.1 | 30.9 | 30.7 |
| Acid detergent fiber, % DM | 17.6 | 17.5 | 17.4 |
| Ether extract, % DM | 2.6 | 4.3 | 6.0 |
| Metabolizable energy, Mcal/kg | 2.64 | 2.69 | 2.71 |
Note: * Dietary treatments are (1) no sesame meal (SM0), (2) 7.5% sesame meal (SM7.5), or (3) 15% sesame meal (SM15) of dietary dry matter (DM) in substitution of soybean meal; ** composition per kg contained (vitamin A, 600,000 IU; vitamin D3, 200,000 IU; vitamin E, 75 mg, vitamin K3, 200 mg; vitamin B1, 100 mg; vitamin B5, 500 mg; lysine 0.5%; DL-methionine, 0.15%; manganese oxide, 4000 mg; ferrous sulphate, 15,000 mg; zinc oxide, 7000; magnesium oxide, 4000 mg; potassium iodide, 80 mg; sodium selenite, 150 mg; copper sulphate, 100 mg; cobalt phosphate, 50 mg, dicalcium phosphate, 10,000 mg.