Table 1.
Concentrates composition (g/kg), diet intake (g), daily nutrients intake (g/ewe), and feeds chemical composition and fatty acid profile (%).
| Ingredients (g/kg) | Concentrates | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | ActiSaf | |||
| Maize grain | 575 | 575 | ||
| Wheat middlings | 180 | 178 | ||
| Soybean meal | 220 | 220 | ||
| Mineral and vitamin | 25 | 25 | ||
| ActiSaf | - | 2 | ||
| Daily feed intake (g/day/ewe) | ||||
| Prepartum | Postpartum | Prepartum | Postpartum | |
| Oat hay | 700 | 700 | 700 | 700 |
| Alfalfa hay | 700 | 700 | 700 | 700 |
| Con. Mix | 1000 | 2000 | - | 1000 |
| ActiSaf Mix | - | - | 1000 | 1000 |
| Nutrients intake (g/day/ewe) | ||||
| Dry matter | 2093 | 2956 | 2091 | 2953 |
| Crude protein | 318 | 480 | 318 | 481 |
| Ether extract | 46 | 69 | 44 | 66 |
| NDF | 835 | 991 | 835 | 992 |
| ADF | 562 | 626 | 561 | 624 |
| Diet chemical composition (%) | ||||
| Con. Mix | ActiSaf Mix | Alfalfa hay | Oat hay | |
| Dry matter | 86.28 | 86.02 | 88.21 | 87.63 |
| Organic matter | 81.70 | 81.16 | 80.87 | 80.91 |
| Crude protein | 16.23 | 16.29 | 14.72 | 7.38 |
| Ether extract | 2.22 | 2.01 | 1.38 | 2.06 |
| NDF | 15.62 | 15.68 | 43.25 | 53.68 |
| ADF | 6.32 | 6.19 | 32.56 | 38.74 |
| Ash | 4.58 | 4.86 | 73.4 | 6.72 |
| Fatty acids composition (%) | ||||
| C14:0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 5.6 |
| C16:0 | 14.3 | 14.3 | 23.9 | 3.7 |
| C18:0 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 19.5 |
| cis-9 C18:1 | 36.1 | 36.1 | 3.1 | 16.2 |
| C18:2 n-6 | 42.2 | 42.2 | 21.3 | 54.0 |
| C18:3 n-3 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 41.9 | 1.2 |
NDF = Neutral detergent fiber; ADF = Acid detergent fiber.