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Table 1 Ingredient and chemical compositions of the pelleted mixture diet

From: Net protein and metabolizable protein requirements for maintenance and growth of early-weaned Dorper crossbred male lambs

Items

Value, %DM

Ingredients, DM basis

 Milled Chinese wildrye hay

55.0

 Cracked corn grain

29.4

 Soybean meal

14.0

 Dicalcium phosphate

0.86

 Salt

0.50

 Mineral/vitamin premixa

0.24

Chemical composition

 ME, MJ/kg DM

8.89

 DM, % as fed

95.5

 CP, % of DM

11.9

 EE, % of DM

2.71

 Ash, % of DM

6.32

 NDF, % of DM

40.9

 ADF, % of DM

15.2

 Calcium, % of DM

0.68

 Phosphorus, % of DM

0.33

  1. aManufactured by Precision Animal Nutrition Research Centre, Beijing, China. The premix contained (per kg): 22.1 g Fe, 13.0 g Cu, 30.2 g Mn, 77.2 g Zn, 19.2 g Se, 53.5 g I, 9.10 g Co, 56.0 g vitamin A, 18.0 g vitamin D3, and 170 g vitamin E
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Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

ISSN: 2049-1891