Table 2.

Formulation, chemical analysis and nutritive value of experimental diets fed to wethers averaged over four periods

Item	Experimental diets
	Control	SW1	SW2	SBM
Ingredients (g/kg DM1)
Hay	961	799	854	888
Protein feed1	0	162	108	72
Molasses	39	39	38	40
Sum	1000	1000	1000	1000
Chemical analysis (g/kg DM)
Organic matter	953	925	949	951
Kjeldahl-Nitrogen	13.2	16.8	18.3	18.1
Amino acids	56	73	80	85
aNDFom2	591	557	571	559
ADF3	349	347	318	330
Crude fibre	296	271	267	278
Gross energy (MJ/kg DM)4	18.9	18.3	18.8	18.9
Iodine (mg/kg DM)	0.04	180	0.20	0.04

SW1=diet containing processed S. latissima; SW2=diet containing Porphyra spp.; SBM=diet containing soybean meal.

¹Dry matter.

²Neutral detergent fibre assayed with a heat stable amylase and expressed exclusive of residual ash.

³Acid detergent fibre expressed inclusive of residual ash.

⁴Gross energy calculated from gross energy determined with bomb calorimetry of diet ingredients. MJ: megajoule.