TABLE 1.
Ingredients and chemical composition of the basal diet used in the experiment.
| Ingredient composition, % DM | |
| Concentrate | |
| Broken corn | 1.0 |
| Wheat | 12.8 |
| Sodium bicarbonate | 0.6 |
| Rice bran | 5.0 |
| Salt | 0.2 |
| Molasses | 2.0 |
| Ammonium chloride | 0.1 |
| CMS | 1.1 |
| Corn flake | 15.0 |
| DDGS | 7.2 |
| Soybean Hull | 1.4 |
| AmafermTM | 0.1 |
| Corn gluten feed | 15.0 |
| Limestone | 2.5 |
| Palm kernel meal | 11.0 |
| Mineral-vitamin mixturea | 0.2 |
| Roughage | |
| Tall fescue hay | 25.0 |
| Chemical composition, % DM | |
| OM | 93.3 |
| CP | 12.9 |
| EE | 4.4 |
| aNDFomb | 38.3 |
| ADFomc | 19.0 |
| GE, MJ/kg | 18.0 |
CMS, condensed molasses soluble; DDGS, dried distiller’s grains with solubles.
AmafermTM, fermentation extract of Aspergillus oryzae (Biozyme Enterprises Inc., MO, United States); CP, crude protein; EE, ether extract; GE, gross energy; OM, organic matter.
aNutrients per kg of additive (Grobic-DC; Bayer HealthCare, Leverkusen, Germany): Vit. A, 2,650,000 IU; Vit. D3, 530,000 IU; Vit. E, 1,050 IU; Niacin, 10,000 mg; Mn, 4,400 mg; Zn, 4,400 mg; Fe, 13,200 mg; Cu, 2,200 mg; I, 440 mg; Co, 440 mg.
bNeutral detergent fibre assayed with a heat stable amylase and expressed exclusive of residual ash.
cAcid detergent fibre excluding residual ash.