Table 1.
Ingredients and nutritional composition of each diet.
| Ingredients (%) | Group | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| C50 | C65 | C80 | |
| Oat hay | 50.00 | 35.00 | 20.00 |
| Corn | 22.68 | 29.75 | 37.15 |
| Wheat | 6.25 | 8.39 | 10.42 |
| Wheat bran | 6.43 | 8.56 | 10.67 |
| Rapeseed meal | 6.36 | 8.55 | 10.61 |
| Soybean meal | 2.17 | 2.91 | 3.62 |
| Palm oil powder2 | 2.11 | 2.84 | 3.53 |
| CaHPO4 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| NaCI | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Premix1 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 |
| Nutrient composition (%) | |||
| CP | 12.41 | 13.18 | 13.87 |
| ME MJ/kg | 10.98 | 11.89 | 12.80 |
| NDF | 37.67 | 31.36 | 25.48 |
| ADF | 23.32 | 18.36 | 13.61 |
| Ca | 0.45 | 0.48 | 0.50 |
| P | 0.48 | 0.56 | 0.63 |
1
The premix provided the following per kg of the diet: VA 3500 IU, VD 1000 IU, VE 40 IU, Mn 40 mg, Fe 50 mg, Cu 10 mg, Zn 40 mg, Se 0.3 mg;
2
Others were measured values.