Table 1 Ingredients (g/kg as fed) and chemical composition (% DM) of experimental diets
Ingredients | Experimental diets | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | H50 | H100 | T50 | T100 | |
Dehydrated alfalfa meal (17 g CP/100 g) | 320 | 320 | 320 | 320 | 320 |
Alfalfa hay | 75 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 75 |
Wheat bran | 235 | 235 | 235 | 235 | 235 |
Barley meal | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Dried sugar beet pulp | 160 | 160 | 160 | 160 | 160 |
Soybean meal (44 g CP/100 g) | 70 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 70 |
Soybean oil | 15 | 7.5 | – | 7.5 | – |
Hermetia illucens fata | – | 7.5 | 15 | – | – |
Tenebrio molitor fatb | – | – | – | 7.5 | 15 |
Cane molasses | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Dicalcium phosphate | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Sodium chloride | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
L–methionine (98 g methionine/100 g) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Vitamin–mineral premixc | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Chemical composition | |||||
 Dry matter, % | 89.4 | 90.0 | 89.2 | 89.5 | 89.6 |
 Ash, % DM | 8.58 | 7.67 | 7.77 | 8.18 | 7.75 |
 Crude protein, % DM | 17.0 | 16.4 | 16.8 | 16.8 | 16.3 |
 Ether extract, % DM | 4.22 | 4.07 | 3.92 | 4.13 | 3.87 |
 Neutral detergent fibre (aNDF), % DM | 40.2 | 42.5 | 41.7 | 39.8 | 40.5 |
 Acid detergent fibre (ADF), % DM | 21.7 | 23.8 | 23.0 | 21.4 | 22.8 |
 Acid detergent lignin (ADL), % DM | 4.81 | 5.09 | 5.09 | 4.87 | 5.02 |
 Gross Energy, MJ/kg DM | 18.50 | 18.63 | 18.50 | 18.75 | 18.62 |