. 2021 Jan 4;12:1. doi: 10.1186/s40104-020-00531-5

Table 2.

Ingredient and chemical composition of experimental diets

Item	Contents
Ingredient, %
Barley silage^a	10.0
Barley grain^b, ground	87.0
Supplement^c	3.0
Chemical composition, % of DM
DM	91.6
OM	95.2
CP	11.8
NDF	20.0
ADF	8.0
Starch	50.3

^a Composition (DM basis): 31.8% DM, 94.1% OM, 42.9% NDF, 26.7% ADF, 16.4% starch, and 9.6% CP

^b Composition (DM basis): 90.2% DM, 98.4% OM, 14.9% NDF, 4.1% ADF, 55.9% starch and 12.4% CP

^c Supplied per kilogram of dietary DM: 565 g barley grain, 100 g canola meal, 250 g calcium carbonate, 25 g molasses, 30 g salt, 20 g urea, 0.66 g vitamin E 500 and 10 g premix. The premix in the supplement contained per kilogram of dietary DM: 15 mg of Cu, 65 of mg Zn, 28 mg of Mn, 0.7 mg of I, 0.2 mg of Co, 0.3 mg of Se, 6000 IU of vitamin A, 600 IU of vitamin D, and 47 IU of vitamin E