Table 1.
Ingredients and chemical composition of the starter concentrate diet (basal diet, Exp. 1 and Exp. 2)
| Ingredient1 | Content (%) |
|---|---|
| Corn | 40.74 |
| Soybean meal | 35.00 |
| Wheat bran | 2.80 |
| Cottonseed meal | 6.80 |
| Molasses | 4.00 |
| Wheat middlings | 7.80 |
| CaCO3 | 1.63 |
| Soybean oil | 0.80 |
| NaCl | 0.10 |
| CaHPO3 | 0.10 |
| MgO | 0.07 |
| Selenium yeast | 0.02 |
| Premix2 | 0.14 |
| Chemical composition | |
| DM | 87.78 |
| EE | 4.35 |
| CP | 23.56 |
| ADF | 5.71 |
| NDF | 9.82 |
| Ash | 3.73 |
| Ca | 0.81 |
| Phosphorus | 0.49 |
1The content is on an as-fed basis.
2The premix provided the following per kg of diet: Fe 206.74 mg, Cu3 3.49 mg, Zn 108.81 mg, I 0.60 mg, Se 0.44 mg, Mn 79.99 mg, Co 0.36 mg, vitamin A 9,000 U, vitamin D 24,000 U, vitamin E 47.22 mg.