Table 1 Dietary ingredients and nutritive characteristics of pelleted diets used for the full feeding of maternal composite lambs and Merino yearlings (hoggets)
From: An alternative approach for sustainable sheep meat production: implications for food security
Items | Dietary ingredients used, % | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Control pellet (CONT) | Camelina hay (CAMH) | Camelina meal (CAMM) |
Camelina meal | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Lupins | 30 | 30 | 22 |
Barley grain | 20 | 10 | 20 |
Oat grain | 5 | 15 | 5 |
Oaten hay | 45 | 0 | 45 |
Camelina-Oat-Barley hay, 33:33:33 w/w/w | 0 | 45 | 0 |
Nutritive characteristics of diet1 | Â | ||
 Dry matter, % | 89.35 | 88.85 | 88.90 |
 Crude protein, % DM | 14.80 | 15.20 | 14.93 |
 Metabolisable energy, MJ/ kg DM | 10.80 | 10.83 | 11.23 |
 Crude fat, % DM | 2.11 | 2.91 | 3.65 |
 Acid detergent fibre, % DM | 19.03 | 19.93 | 17.78 |
 Neutral detergent fibre, % DM | 34.23 | 34.03 | 31.18 |
 Lignin, % DM | 4.30 | 4.20 | 4.13 |
 Phosphorous, % DM | 0.47 | 0.42 | 0.52 |
 Potassium, % DM | 1.47 | 1.42 | 1.52 |
 Sulphur, % DM | 0.25 | 0.21 | 0.26 |