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Table 1 Ingredients and chemical compositions of experimental diets (% of DM)

From: Effect of supplementation of allicin on methanogenesis and ruminal microbial flora in Dorper crossbred ewes

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Total mixed ration

Chinese wildrye hay

Ingredient, % of DM

  

 Corn

17.0

 

 Soybean meal

12.0

 

 Chinese wildrye hay

68.7

 

 CaHPO4

1.35

 

 Limestone

0.25

 

 NaCl

0.50

 

 Premixa

0.24

 

Chemical composition (deteremined)

 DM (% as fed)

88.6

91.4

 OM,

80.8

90.6

 GE, MJ/kg of DM

17.2

17.6

 CP

12.2

8.50

 NDF

41.4

70.7

 ADF

21.8

38.1

  1. aManufactured by Precision Animal Nutrition Research Centre, Beijing, China. The premix contained (per kg): 22.1 g Fe, 2.25 g Cu, 9.82 g Mn, 27.0 g Zn, 0.19 g Se, 0.54 g I, 0.09 g Co, 3.2 g Vitamin A, 0.8 g Vitamin D3, and 0.4 g Vitamin E
  2. bDM dry matter, OM organic matter, GE gross energy, CP crude protein, NDF neutral detergent fiber, ADF acid detergent fiber