Table 2 Ingredients ad descriptive statistics for nutrient composition, fatty acid profile, and particle size of the two experimental diets

 Corn silage

295

-

-

-

 Sorghum silage

-

-

195

-

 Alfalfa hay

172

-

170

-

 Corn meal

142

-

254

-

 Soybean meal

87

-

85

-

 Barley meal

65

-

63

-

 Cottonseeds

65

-

63

-

 Dry sugar beet pulp

53

-

52

-

 Distillers dried grains with solubles

44

-

43

-

 Wheat straw

44

-

43

-

 Soybean hulls

30

-

30

-

 Urea

2

-

2

-

 DM, % fresh matter

539.2

2.1

158.9

0.2

 CP

141.6

3.3

142.6

2.7

 Fat

38.3

2.4

33.1

1.1

 Ash

67.7

0.8

69.4

2.4

 NDF

365.1

2.9

397.0

9.1

 ADF

218.8

2.5

238.4

3.9

 ADL

41.9

1.5

47.7

1.0

 Starch

229.5

8.2

202.3

10.7

 NSC^a

387.4

0.6

357.9

9.3

 NE_L ^b, Mcal/kg DM

1.61

0.02

1.59

0.02

 SFA^c, % of total FA^d

 C16:0

18.7

0.2

19.3

0.1

 C18:0

2.48

0.03

2.28

0.02

 Total SFA

24.6

0.3

24.8

0.1

 MUFA^e, % of total FA

 C18:1 n-9

18.8

0.3

19.3

0.3

 Total MUFA

21.6

0.3

21.7

0.2

 PUFA^f, % of total FA

 C18:2 n-6

49.3

0.2

48.6

0.7

 C18:3 n-3

4.0

0.2

4.2

0.4

 Total PUFA

53.8

0.1

53.4

0.3

 n-6, % of total FA

49.4

0.2

48.6

0.7

 n-3, % of total FA

4.0

0.2

4.2

0.4

  > 19 mm

5.7

1.4

3.8

0.6

  > 8 to 19 mm

27.8

0.7

33.7

0.9

  < 8 mm

66.5

1.4

62.5

0.8

 pef^g

0.34

0.01

0.37

0.01

 peNDF^h, % of DM

12.3

0.5

15.2

0.5

 Mean particle sizeⁱ, mm

2.2

0.1

2.4

0.1