Effects of dietary menthol-rich bioactive lipid compounds on zootechnical traits, blood variables and gastrointestinal function in growing sheep

Table 1 Ingredient and chemical composition of pelleted concentrates and hay fed to sheep

Item	Concentrate^a			Hay
Item	Control	PBLC-L	PBLC-H
Ingredient composition, g/kg as-fed
Corn	305	295	285
Barley	305	305	305
Soybean meal	348	348	348
Molasses	30	30	30
Mineral and vitamin premix^b	5	5	5
Salt	2	2	2
Limestone	5	5	5
PBLC premix^c	0	10	20
Chemical composition
Dry matter (DM), g/kg as-fed	914	915	912	923
Organic matter, g/kg DM	949	950	948	958
Crude protein, g/kg DM	259	257	259	108
Ether extract, g/kg DM	30.8	25.1	25.8	9.60
Neutral detergent fibre, g/kg DM	125	140	152	641
Acid detergent fibre, g/kg DM	65.4	74.6	70.7	374
Crude fibre, g/kg DM	48.9	41.7	43.0	332
Calcium, g/kg DM	5.31	5.36	5.83	3.11
Phosphorus, g/kg DM	5.09	4.81	4.74	2.08

^aControl: without PBLC; PBLC-L: lower dose (133.3 mg/kg) of PBLC; and PBLC-H: higher dose (266.7 mg/kg) of PBLC
^bMineral and vitamin premix (Spezialfutter Neuruppin Ltd., Neuruppin, Germany), containing per kilogram dry matter: 160 g calcium, 40 g phosphorus, 100 g sodium, 30 g magnesium, 500,000 IU vitamin A, 50,000 IU vitamin D₃, 500 mg vitamin E (as alpha-tocopherol acetate), 4500 mg zinc (as zinc oxide), 500 mg manganese (as Mn-(II)-oxide), 20 mg cobalt (as Co-(II)-carbonate), 20 mg iodine (as calcium iodate), and 35 mg selenium (as sodium selenite)
^cPBLC premix (OAX17, PerformaNat GmbH, Berlin, Germany; containing 13.3 g PBLC/kg corn grains)

ISSN: 2049-1891