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Table 1 Feed ingredients and chemical composition of experimental diets

From: Strategic supplementation of Flemingia silage to enhance rumen fermentation efficiency, microbial protein synthesis and methane mitigation in beef cattle

Items

Concentrate

Rice straw

Flemingia macrophylla silage (FMS)

Ingredients (% air-dry basis)

 Cassava chip

60.00

0.00

0.00

 Brewery’s grain, dried

12.00

0.00

0.00

 Rice bran

9.00

0.00

0.00

 Palm kernel meal

13.00

0.00

0.00

 Urea

2.00

0.00

0.00

 Molasses

2.00

0.00

0.00

 Sulfur

0.50

0.00

0.00

 Salt

1.00

0.00

0.00

 Mineral premix

0.50

0.00

0.00

Chemical composition (% DM)

 Dry matter

87.50

90.00

26.50

 Organic matter

14.80

2.80

18.10

 Crude protein

94.20

96.40

95.60

 Neutral detergent fiber

28.90

71.70

47.50

 Acid detergent fiber

17.20

47.70

37.20

 Condensed tannins

0.00

0.00

10.20

pH

0.00

0.00

4.40

Lactic acid (g/L)

0.00

0.00

2.00

Acetic acid (g/L)

0.00

0.00

0.50