Table 8 Ingredients and chemical composition of the experimental diet (air-dry basis).

From: Association of residual feed intake with growth and slaughtering performance, blood metabolism, and body composition in growing lambs

Ingredient

Percentage (%)

Chemical composition 2

Content

Barley straw

27.00

DM (%)

87.55

Corn

44.00

CP (%)

16.28

Soybean meal

2.20

DE (MJ/kg)

12.38

Rapeseed meal

2.60

NDF (%)

36.54

Cottonseed meal

4.20

ADF (%)

14.12

Concentrate feed1

20.00

Ca (%)

0.60

Total

100.00

P (%)

0.30

  

Starch (%)

28.48

  1. 1Concentrate feed consists of dried malt root, Urea, NaHCO3, Premix (2.5%), and NaCl (2.5%)0. 2Premix provides the following mineral elements (mg/kg) and vitamins (IU/kg): S, 200; Fe, 25; Zn, 40; Cu, 8; Mn, 40; I, 0.3; Se, 0.2; Co, 0.1; VA, 940; VD, 111; VE, 20. DM, CP, NDF, and ADF are the measured values, while the others are calculated values.
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