Table 6 Ingredients and nutrient composition of the diets (dry matter basis).

From: Influence of dietary supplementation with Bacillus licheniformis and Saccharomyces cerevisiae as alternatives to monensin on growth performance, antioxidant, immunity, ruminal fermentation and microbial diversity of fattening lambs

Items

Diet

30~40 kg

40~50 kg

Ingredients

Corn

24.00

35.00

Wheat bran

8.00

5.00

Soybean meal

4.00

5.00

Cottonseed meal

4.00

5.00

Alfalfa hay

4.00

5.00

DDGS

4.00

7.00

Bean straw

48.00

30.00

Sunflower meal

1.60

2.00

Corn protein meal

0.00

3.00

NaCl

0.40

0.50

Limestone

0.70

0.90

CaHPO4

0.50

0.60

Premixa

0.80

1.00

Total

100.0

100.0

Nutrient levels b

GE/(MJ/kg)

16.70

16.50

DM

93.10

92.00

CP

14.60

16.10

EE

3.23

3.35

Ash

14.00

8.71

NDF

54.40

47.50

ADF

23.90

15.00

Ca

0.74

0.75

P

0.40

0.42

  1. aThe premix provided the following per kg of diets: VA 15 000 IU, VD 2 200IU, VE 50 IU, Fe 55 mg, Cu 12.5 mg, Mn 47 mg, Zn 24 mg, Se 0.5 mg, I 0.5 mg, Co 0.1 mg.
  2. bNutrient levels were measured values. DM; dry matter; CP, crude protein; EE, ether extract; NDF, neutral detergent fiber; ADF, acid detergent fiber; Ca, calcium; P, phosphorus.
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