Feed ingredients Chemical compositions (%) of feed ingredients | |||||||
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 | DM | OM | Ash | CP | NDF | ADF | ADL |
Rhodes grass hay (RGH) | 93.1 | 90.3 | 7.9 | 9.7 | 74.8 | 46.8 | 6.4 |
Mulberry leaf meal | 92.1 | 83.3 | 18.5 | 16.7 | 28.6 | 26.6 | 7.4 |
Vernonia leaf meal | 91.0 | 87.6 | 22.5 | 12.5 | 46.0 | 26.0 | 4.9 |
Ground maize grain | 87.6 | 94.3 | 8.3 | 5.8 | 15.3 | 4.2 | 2.0 |
Noug seed cake | 92.3 | 90.9 | 32.4 | 9.0 | 31.6 | 22.7 | 6.1 |
Experimental diets | Chemical compositions (%) of diets | ||||||
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 | DM | OM | Ash | CP | NDF | ADF | ADL |
100% concentrate mix [D1] | 89.9 | 94.2 | 19.8 | 5.8 | 23.5 | 13.5 | 3.6 |
75% NSC + 25% (MLM + VLM) [D2] | 89.8 | 92.2 | 18.9 | 7.8 | 24.9 | 14.7 | 6.4 |
50% NSC + 50% (MLM + VLM) [D3] | 89.9 | 90.6 | 17.9 | 9.4 | 26.2 | 15.9 | 5.6 |
25% NSC + 75% (MLM + VLM) [D4] | 90.1 | 90.3 | 16.7 | 9.7 | 27.3 | 16.9 | 7.3 |
100% (MLM + VLM) [D5] | 90.0 | 89.5 | 15.8 | 10.5 | 28.3 | 17.8 | 8.1 |
Basal diets, and Supplement (g day− 1) DM basis | Total (g day− 1) | ||||||
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Experimental diets | RGH | GMG | NSC | MLM | VLM | Salt | |
100% concentrate mix [D1] | adlib | 198.0 | 198.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 400.0 |
75% NSC + 25% (MLM + VLM) [D2] | adlib | 198.0 | 148.5 | 43.5 | 35.8 | 4.0 | 429.8 |
50% NSC + 50% (MLM + VLM) [D3] | adlib | 198.0 | 99.0 | 87.0 | 71.5 | 4.0 | 459.5 |
25% NSC + 75% (MLM + VLM) [D4] | adlib | 198.0 | 49.5 | 130.5 | 107.3 | 4.0 | 489.3 |
100% (MLM + VLM) [D5] | adlib | 198.0 | 0.0 | 174.0 | 143.0 | 4.0 | 519.0 |