Table 1.
Ingredients and nutrient contents of experimental diets supplemented without control diet (CON) or with lysophospholipids (LPL).
| Item | Treatment | |
|---|---|---|
| CON | LPL | |
| Ingredient (g/kg of diet DM) | ||
| Ground corn grains | 244 | 244 |
| Soybean meal | 30 | 30 |
| Corn germ meal | 399 | 399 |
| Sunflower seed meal | 180 | 180 |
| Sunflower seed shell | 95 | 95 |
| Ca-LCFA 1 | 11 | 11 |
| Sodium bicarbonate | 6 | 6 |
| Premix (Mineral salts and vitamins) 2 | 35 | 35 |
| Lysophospholipids | 0.5 | |
| Nutrient contents 3 (g/kg of DM) | ||
| Dry matter (DM) (g/kg of fresh weight) | 893 | 905 |
| Crude protein (CP) | 166 | 163 |
| Neutral detergent fiber (NDF) | 311 | 308 |
| Acid detergent fiber (ADF) | 163 | 165 |
| Lipid | 35 | 34 |
| Ash | 65 | 64 |
| Ca | 6.7 | 6.8 |
| Total P | 4.7 | 4.8 |
| NEL 4 (Mcal/kg of DM) | 1.44 | 1.42 |
1 Ca-LCFA, calcium soap of long-chain fatty acids; 2 Premix per kg contained 460 g of dried corn distillers grains with solubles, 360 g of limestone (38% Ca), 8.5 g of magnesium oxide (54% Mg), 32 g of P, 10 g of Fe, 3 g of Cu, 0.7 g of Mn, 1.3 g of Zn, 13 mg of Co, 33 mg of I, 600 mg of Se, 170,000 IU of vitamin A, 330,000 IU of vitamin D and 1100 IU of vitamin E; 3 The nutrient contents were measured values; 4 NEL, net energy for lactation, was estimated using NRC (2001) [23].