Table 1.

Nutrient composition of feed ingredients¹⁾ (as-fed basis)

Items	Analyzed composition (%)
	n2)	DM	TDF	IDF	SDF
Alfalfa meal (lucerne hay)	1	94.60	59.31	56.76	2.46
Barley, dehulled	1	89.29	10.88	6.34	4.54
Barley, hulless	7	88.28	19.47	15.69	3.79
Canola expeller	2 (1)	94.96	28.10	26.75	3.75
Canola meal, B. juncea yellow	3	89.57	25.43	NA	NA
Canola meal, B. napus black	3 (2)	88.93	28.67	25.44	0.98
Copra expeller	1	96.54	43.84	42.05	1.79
Corn	15 (2)	86.73	11.94	10.53	1.28
Corn bran	2 (1)	86.25	42.18	37.19	4.76
Corn bran with solubles	3 (2)	93.82	24.89	23.90	1.40
Corn DDGS, 5 to 9% oil	7 (5)	88.32	33.64	35.12	1.01
Corn DDGS, 9%>oil	6 (3)	89.45	33.00	28.88	2.49
Corn germ meal	3	90.04	36.55	33.25	3.30
High-protein DDGS	1	86.50	34.20	31.80	2.40
Oats hulls	1	92.60	71.30	70.60	0.70
SBM, 44% CP	1	88.05	19.25	16.94	2.31
SBM, 46% CP	5 (3)	91.52	17.56	15.97	1.47
SBM, 47% CP	3	88.29	16.91	15.86	1.05
SBM, 48% CP	5	89.27	17.12	15.53	1.59
Sorghum	1	89.50	8.30	7.80	0.50
Soybean hulls	4	88.62	68.22	63.60	4.61
Sugar beet pulp	5	89.90	59.71	47.77	12.05
Wheat	5	88.59	12.18	10.79	1.38
Wheat bran	4	89.75	44.54	40.71	3.83
Wheat DDGS	1	89.30	31.20	30.60	0.50
Wheat middlings	15	88.57	37.00	34.61	2.44
Wheat millrun, 16.8% CP	1	88.80	38.00	35.50	2.42

DM, dry matter; TDF, total dietary fiber; IDF, insoluble dietary fiber; SDF, soluble dietary fiber; NA, not available; DDGS, distillers dried grains with solubles; SBM, soybean meal; CP, crude protein.

¹⁾The DM, TDF, IDF, and SDF data were from 32 research papers.

²⁾The number of observations in the parenthesis represents the number of papers that reported only TDF but not IDF or SDF.