Table 1.
Ingredients and chemical composition of basal diet and experimental concentrates (CTR, CPSC).
| Item | Experimental Concentrates | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| CTR | CPSC | Basal Diet | |
| Ingredients composition (g/kg DM) | |||
| Corn | 237 | 190 | |
| Soybean meal | 200 | 150 | |
| Cold-pressed sunflower cake | 0 | 230 | |
| Palm kernel meal | 150 | 0 | |
| Destiled dry grains | 149 | 10 | |
| Barley | 108 | 157 | |
| Wheat | 60 | 150 | |
| Molasses | 20 | 20 | |
| Hydrogenated palm fat | 20 | 0 | |
| Alfalfa pellets | 20 | 55 | |
| Minerals and vitamins 1 | 36 | 38 | |
| Maize silage | 295 | ||
| Grass silage | 615 | ||
| Barley straw | 90 | ||
| Chemical composition (g/kg DM) | |||
| Dry matter | 880 | 880 | 436 |
| Starch | 317 | 299 | 56 |
| Crude protein | 190 | 190 | 107 |
| Neutral detergent fiber | 225 | 195 | 411 |
| Acid detergent fiber | 97 | 98 | 336 |
| Acid detergent Lignin | 22 | 23 | 48 |
| Fat | 56 | 56 | 28 |
1 Contained (g/kg) calcium (270), magnesium (60), sodium (40), phosphorus (40) zinc (5.0), manganese (4.0), copper (1.5); (mg/kg), iodine (500), cobalt (50), selenium (15); (IU/g) retinyl acetate (500), cholecalciferol (100), DL-α-tocopheryl acetate (0.5); CTR: control; CPSC: cold-pressed sunflower cake.