Sodium butyrate improves antioxidant stability in sub-acute ruminal acidosis in dairy goats

BMC Veterinary Research

Table 1 The Ingredients of the diets and nutritional composition

Ingredients, % of DM	High grain (HG)^a	High grain with NaB (HG + NaB) ^a	Low grain (LG) ^a
Corn (g/100 g)	23.07	23.07	29.2
Bran (g/100 g)	28.03	28.03	0
Soybean meal (g/100 g)	2	2	8.43
Rape seed meal (g/100 g)	3.7	3.7	0
Stone powder (g/100 g)	1.43	1.43	0.57
Calcium hydrophosphate (g/100 g)	0.6	0.6	0.9
Premix^b (g/100 g)	0.4	0.4	0.5
Salt (g/100 g)	0.5	0.5	0.4
Sodium butyrate (g/100 g)	–	1	–
Coarse material			0.00
Oats grass (g/100 g)	32	32	48
Alfalfa Oats grass (g/100 g)	8	8	12
Nutritional index
NE (MJ/kg)	17.56	17.56	17.17
Fat (%)	3.6	3.6	2.39
CP (%)	16.76	16.76	17.79
Starch	19.914	19.914	17.295
NDF (%)	42.64	42.64	40.79
ADF (%)	7.22	7.22	2.83
Ca (%)	1.55	1.55	1.73
P (%)	0.76	0.76	0.79

NE Net Energy, CP Crude Protein, NDF Neutral Detergent Fibre, ADF Acid Detergent Fibre, Ca Calcium, P Phosphorus
^aTreatment LG, 40% grain on DM basis; HG, 60% grain on DM basis, HG, 60% grain on DM basis + sodium butyrate
^bPremix consists of the following ingredients per kg of diet: vitamin A, 6000 IU; vitamin D, 2500 IU; vitamin E, 53.6 IU; Cu, 6.25 IU/kg; Fe, 62.5 mg; Zn, 62.5 mg; Mn, 50 mg; mg I, 0.125 mg; Co, 0.125 mg; Mo, 0.125 mg

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