Table 4.
Ingredients and chemical composition of experimental diets containing increased amounts of Brussels sprouts (BS) used in Experiment 2.
| Item | Diet | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | BS8 | BS16 | BS24 | |
| Diet ingredients (g/100 g fresh matter) | ||||
| Alfalfa hay | 40.0 | 40.0 | 40.0 | 40.0 |
| Concentrate | 60.0 | 60.0 | 60.0 | 60.0 |
| Concentrate ingredients (g/100 g fresh matter) | ||||
| Brussel sprouts | - | 8.0 | 16.0 | 24.0 |
| Corn | 32.0 | 28.0 | 25.0 | 23.0 |
| Barley | 30.0 | 28.8 | 26.5 | 23.0 |
| Wheat | 15.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Soybean meal 46% | 14.0 | 11.2 | 8.5 | 6.0 |
| Wheat bran | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 |
| Calcium soap | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Calcium carbonate | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Mineral/vitamin premix | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Chemical composition of diets 1 | ||||
| Dry matter | 89.7 | 89.7 | 89.7 | 89.7 |
| Organic matter | 93.0 | 92.4 | 91.6 | 90.9 |
| Crude protein | 16.1 | 16.1 | 16.1 | 16.1 |
| Neutral detergent fiber | 31.5 | 31.6 | 31.7 | 31.6 |
| Acid detergent fiber | 15.9 | 16.1 | 16.4 | 16.7 |
| Ether extract | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
1 Calculated from the analyzed composition of individual feed ingredients. All chemical fractions are expressed as g/100 g dry matter, excepting dry matter content which is expressed as g/100 g diet.