Skip to main content

Table 1 Ingredients and chemical composition (% DM basis) of the treatment diets

From: Lipid metabolism and m6A RNA methylation are altered in lambs supplemented rumen-protected methionine and lysine in a low-protein diet

Item

Treatmenta

NP

LP

LP + RML

Ingredient, % of DM basis

 Corn

20.00

26.0

26.00

 Barley

20.87

20.87

20.87

 Wheat bran

8.72

8.72

8.72

 Soybean meal

12.5

6.5

6.5

 Cottonseed meal

3.0

3.0

3.0

 Sodium bicarbonate

0.7

0.7

0.7

 Salt

0.5

0.5

0.5

 Magnesium oxide

0.5

0.5

0.5

 Calcium carbonate

0.2

0.2

0.2

 Beet molasses

1.0

1.0

1.0

 Wheat straw

30.0

30.0

30.0

 Premixb

2.0

2.0

2.0

 Total

100

100

100

 Rumen protected methionine, g/kg of DM

–

–

0.253

 Rumen protected lysine, g/kg of DM

–

–

0.5

Chemical composition, % of DM

 DM

95.1

95.1

94.8

 Ash

10.2

10.4

10.3

 CP

14.57

12.46

12.46

 NDF

34.1

33.2

30.5

 ADF

15.2

14.1

13.3

 Metabolize energy, MJ/kg

9.55

9.55

9.55

 GE, MJ/kg

17.05

17.04

17.01

  1. aNP adequate protein diet, LP low protein diet, LP + RML low protein diet with rumen-protected methionine and lysine
  2. bSupplied per kilogram of dietary DM: 221.31 mg of Fe, 16.23 mg of Cu, 71.31 mg of Zn, 71.31 mg of Mn, 1.23 mg of I, 0.54 mg of Co, 1.70 mg of Se, 16,250 IU of vitamin A, 5000 IU of vitamin D, and 40 IU of vitamin E