Table 1.

Chemical composition of the basic diets supplemented with different levels and particle sizes of MBM.

Parameter	Unit	Basic	Coarse			Fine
			MBMc6	MBMc12	MBMc24	MBMf6	MBMf12	MBMf24
Basic diet	%	100	94	88	76	94	88	76
MBMc		0	6	12	24	0	0	0
MBMf		0	0	0	0	6	12	24
DM	g/kg fed	924	923	921	918	924	923	922
Crude ash	g/kg DM	83.5	97.9	112	141	97.4	111	139
Crude protein		207	228	248	290	229	251	294
Crude fat		77.8	79.4	80.9	84.1	79.4	80.9	84.1
Crude fiber		28.9	27.2	25.4	22.0	27.2	25.4	22.0
Nitrogen-free extract		603	568	533	464	567	532	461
Calcium		21.6	27.3	33.1	44.5	26.8	32.0	42.3
Phosphorus		12.8	15.6	18.4	24.0	15.3	17.9	22.9
Particle size	%
>1.00 mm		36.8	37.4			7.50
0.20–1.00 mm		30.3	43.5			64.7
<0.20 mm		32.9	32.9			27.8
ME 1	MJ/100 g DM	15.6	15.6	15.6	15.7	15.6	15.7	15.7

¹ Metabolizable energy (ME) content of the diets was estimated in accordance with NRC [38]. Sums of crude ash, crude fat, crude protein, crude fiber and N-free extracts may not total 1000 g due to rounding up.