TABLE 1.

Chemical composition of concentrates and grass along with ingredient inclusion rate of concentrates fed during the experiment.

	BP35	BP95	Pasture
Chemical composition (% of DM unless stated)
Dry matter	90.5	92.1	21.6
Crude protein	16.85	16.73	25.01
Neutral detergent fiber	32.22	53.37	46.79
Acid detergent fiber	15.89	31.76	21.31
Water soluble carbohydrates	0	0	15.5
Starch (g)	200	30	0
Ether extract	2.51	5.6	3.1
Ash	7.35	7.75	10.26
Gross energy (MJ/kg DM)	16.92	17.73	16.97
Ingredient inclusion rate of concentrates
Barley	45.0	0.0	–
Soybean meal	12.0	0.0	–
Distillers dried grain	11.6	31.0	–
PKE	11.6	31.0	–
Soybean hulls	11.6	31.0	–
Molasses	5.0	5.0	–
Calcined magnesite	0.8	0.8	–
Salt	0.7	0.7	–
Palm oil	0.6	0.6	–
Lime flour	0.5	0.2	–
Mono-calcium di-phosphate	0.3	0.0	–
Vitamin and mineral premix	0.5	0.5	–

BP35 = Ration containing 35% by-products. BP95 = Ration containing 95% by-products. Vitamin and mineral premix contained: 33.9% Ca, 500 mg Co/kg, 7,400 mg Cu/kg, 2,000 mg I/kg, 130 mg Se/kg, 10,000 mg Mg/kg, 25,000 mg Zn kg, 1600,000 iu Vitamin A/kg, 400,000 iu Vitamin D3/kg and 2,000 mg Vitamin E/kg.