Table 1. Diet formulation (g/kg DM or as stated) of the experimental diets.
| Item | Treatments1) | |
|---|---|---|
| Control | HCP | |
| Ingredients | ||
| Tall fescue | 62 | 62 |
| Ryegrass straw | 62 | 62 |
| Corn (flaked) | 225 | 222 |
| Corn (ground) | 58 | 26 |
| Wheat (ground) | 195 | 202 |
| Corn gluten feed | 192 | 170 |
| DDGS | 41 | 94 |
| Soy hulls | 84 | 83 |
| Whole cottonseed | 28 | 27 |
| Extruded linseed | 5 | 5 |
| Palm oil | 2 | 3 |
| Molasses | 22 | 22 |
| CMS | 10 | 0 |
| Urea | 0 | 8 |
| NH4Cl | 2 | 2 |
| Limestone | 8 | 10 |
| Salt | 2 | 2 |
| Vitamin and mineral mix2) | 2 | 1 |
1)
Control, containing 156 g/kg DM of CP; HCP, high level of crude protein, containing 173 g/kg DM of CP.
2)
33,330,000 IU/kg vitamin A, 40,000,000 IU/kg vitamin D, 20.86 IU/kg vitamin E, 20 mg/kg Cu, 90 mg/kg Mn, 100 mg/kg Zn, 250 mg/kg Fe, 0.4 mg/kg I, and 0.4 mg/kg Se.
DDGS, dried distillers grain with solubles; CMS, condensed molasses fermentation solubles.