Table 1 Ingredients and chemical composition of the experimental diets and savory plant (SP).

From: Impact of oil type and savory plant on nutrient digestibility and rumen fermentation, milk yield, and milk fatty acid profile in dairy cows

Item

diets1

SP

FOD

SOD

FODs

SODs

Ingredient (% of DM)

     

Alfalfa hay

21

21

21

21

-

Corn Silage

19

19

19

19

-

Barley Grain

17.79

17.79

17.79

17.79

-

Corn Grain

16

16

16

16

-

Wheat Bran

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

-

Soybean, Meal

14.48

14.48

14.48

14.48

-

Canola Meal

6.01

6.01

6.01

6.01

-

Fish oil

2

-

2

-

-

Soybean oil

-

2

-

2

-

Sodium Bicarbonate

0.67

0.67

0.67

0.67

-

Salt

0.44

0.44

0.44

0.44

-

Vitamin mix2

0.39

0.39

0.39

0.39

-

Mineral mix3

0.34

0.34

0.34

0.34

-

Calcium Carbonate

0.48

0.48

0.48

0.48

-

Savory plant (Satureja khuzistanica) (top-dress) g/d

-

-

370

370

-

Chemical composition % of DM

     

DM (% as fed)

52.55

53.32

53.65

51.70

94.23

OM

92.54

92.86

92.84

92.47

87.79

CP

17.18

17.16

17.09

17.12

13.03

NFC4

40.13

40.38

40.53

41.43

39.38

NDF

29.97

30.00

29.98

28.95

31.61

ADF

19.22

19.42

19.48

19.25

26.00

EE

5.26

5.32

5.24

4.97

3.67

Ca

0.73

0.73

0.75

0.76

2.73

P

0.41

0.41

0.41

0.41

0.96

NEL (Mcal/kg DM)5

1.68

1.68

1.68

1.68

-

  1. 1FOD = basal diet + 2% fish oil; SOD = basal die + 2% soybean oil; FODs = basal diet + 2% fish oil + 370 g/d SP; SODs = basal diet + 2% soybean oil + 370 g/d SP.
  2. 2Declared as containing vitamin A (1050000 IU/kg), vitamin D3 (26000 IU/kg), vitamin E (12000 IU/kg).
  3. 3Declared as containing Ca (20 g/kg), Mg (20 g/kg), Mn(4 g/kg), Co (110 mg/kg), I (178 mg/kg), Zn (15.360 g/kg), Se (52 mg/kg), cu (3760 mg/kg), Fe (5090 mg/kg).
  4. 4NFC = 100 - (CP + NDF + EE + ash)38.
  5. 5Calculated according to NRC, 200138.
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