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Table 2 Diet ingredient and nutrient composition of growing and finishing ration

From: The effect of feeding high fat diet to beef cattle on manure composition and gaseous emission from a feedlot pen surface

Diet ingredients

Growing Rations

Finishing Rations

Control

High Fat

Med. Fat

Low Fat

Control

High Fat

Med. Fat

Low Fat

Corn (%)

48.76

43.25

42.76

43.09

66.68

61.02

60.95

60.96

DDGS (%)

--

18.89

18.76

18.7

--

19.4

19.34

19.4

Sunflower meal (%)

13.24

--

--

--

13.3

--

--

--

Hay (%)

16.96

16.95

17.06

16.96

11.13

11.27

11.29

11.29

Corn silage (%)

12.85

12.9

13.18

13.04

--

--

--

--

CSB (%)

6.32

6.3

6.27

6.29

6.76

6.73

6.73

6.73

Supplement (%)

1.87

1.71

1.96

1.92

1.56

1.58

1.69

1.62

Nutrient Composition

CP (%)

12.09

11.85

12.39

12.53

12.42

12.12

12.7

12.88

NEm (Mcal kg-1)

0.37

0.37

0.37

0.37

0.37

0.41

0.41

0.41

NEg (Mcal kg-1)

0.23

0.23

0.23

0.23

0.24

0.27

0.27

0.27

Fat (%)

3.19

5.07

4.12

3.64

3.58

5.48

4.52

4.02

  1. Note: DDGS = Distiller’s dried grains with solubles; CSB = Concentrated separator by-product; CP = Crude protein; NEm = Net energy of maintenance; NEg = net energy of gain; All feed samples were analyzed by a commercial laboratory; net energy prediction calculations were done as per NRC [58–60]