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Table 1 Ingredients and nutrient composition of the experimental diets

From: Rumen-derived lipopolysaccharide enhances the expression of lingual antimicrobial peptide in mammary glands of dairy cows fed a high-concentrate diet

Ingredients, % of DM

Percentage (%)of ingredients (dry matter)

LCD1

HCD1

 Corn silage

30.00

20.00

 Alfalfa hay

30.00

20.00

 Maize

22.78

33.6

 Wheat bran

5.15

15

 Soybean meal

9.81

9

 Calcium phosphate dibasic

0.92

0.53

 Powder

0

0.52

 Salt

0.35

0.35

 Premix2

1

1

 Total

100

100

 Forage:concentrate

6:4

4:6

Nutritional composition3

 Net energy, MJ/kg

6.32

6.74

 CP, %

16

16.2

 EE, %

3.96

4.15

 NDF, %

37.71

31.92

 ADF, %

22.75

17.55

 NFC, %

32.43

40.31

 Ca, %

0.9

0.8

 P, %

0.45

0.45

  1. 1 LCD, low-concentrate diet; HCD, high-concentrate diet
  2. 2 The premix contained VA,1,900kU/kg; VD, 250kU/kg; VE, 3000 mg/kg; niacin, 4000 mg/kg; Cu, 1200 mg/kg; Fe, 525 mg/kg; Zn, 13,000 mg/kg; Mn, 5500 mg/kg; I, 170 mg/kg; Co, 50 mg/kg; Se, 27 mg/kg
  3. 3 The calculated nutritional composition values