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. 2021 Apr 20;7(2):530–538. doi: 10.1016/j.aninu.2021.04.001

Table 2.

Ingredients and composition of the total mixed ration diets of experimental groups (DM basis).

Item Groups
CON1 AMR2 AWE3 AFE4
Ingredients, %
 Chinese wildrye grass hay 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00
 Alfalfa 17.80 17.80 17.80 17.80
 Corn 23.00 23.00 23.00 23.00
 Wheat bran 2.87 2.87 2.87 2.87
 Sunflower meal cake 16.90 16.09 16.90 16.90
 Pea straw 2.45 2.45 2.45 2.45
 Pomace 2.45 2.45 2.45 2.45
 Dicalcium phosphate 0.73 0.73 0.73 0.73
 NaCl 0.80 0.80 0.80 0.80
 Premix5 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Total 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
Nutrient level6, %
 Metabolic energy, MJ/kg 13.86
 Crude protein 17.00
 Crude fat 6.30
 Neutral detergent fiber 37.90
 Acid detergent fiber 29.60
 Calcium 1.39
 Phosphorus 0.51

CON = control; AMR = Allium mongolicum Regel; AWE = the water-soluble extract of AMR; AFE = the fat-soluble extract of AMR.

1

CON group was fed the basal diet.

2

AMR group was fed the basal diet supplemented with AMR at 10 g/d per lamb.

3

AWE group was fed the basal diet supplemented with AWE at 3.4 g/d per lamb.

4

AFE group was fed the basal diet supplemented with AFE at 2.8 g/d per lamb.

5

Provided the following per kilogram of diet: 25 mg of Fe (as ferrous sulfate), 29 mg of Zn (as zinc sulfate), 8 mg of Cu (as copper sulfate), 30 mg of Mn (as manganese), 0.04 mg of I (as potassium iodide), 0.1 mg of Co (as cobalt sulfate), 3,200 IU of vitamin A, 1,200 IU of vitamin D3, and 20 IU of vitamin E.

6

The nutrient level was the same in all groups. The digestible energy level was calculated (Liu et al., 2012), and others were measured.