Table 1 Dietary composition, nutritional level, and energy of feeds fed to the experimental sheep
Item | LE | CON | HE |
|---|---|---|---|
Ingredient composition, g/kg DM | |||
 Corn | 0.00 | 350.00 | 370.50 |
 Soybean meal | 91.60 | 144.60 | 86.50 |
 Wheat barn | 278.40 | 0.00 | 166.30 |
 Alfalfa hay | 200.00 | 200.00 | 250.00 |
 Oat hay | 100.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
 Corn stalk | 300.00 | 275.40 | 66.70 |
 Soybean oil | 0.00 | 0.00 | 30.00 |
 CaHPO4 | 10.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 |
 Premixa | 20.00 | 20.00 | 20.00 |
Chemical compositionb | |||
 Digestible energy, MJ/kg | 8.67 | 10.38 | 12.31 |
 Crude protein, g/kg | 143.60 | 143.60 | 144.00 |
 Ether extract, g/kg | 24.00 | 23.80 | 28.50 |
 Neutral detergent fiber, g/kg | 455.10 | 310.90 | 237.00 |
 Acid detergent fiber, g/kg | 232.60 | 163.20 | 92.20 |
 Ca, g/kg | 0.81 | 0.75 | 0.75 |
 P, g/kg | 0.67 | 0.52 | 0.62 |