Table 1 Ingredients and chemical composition of dietary treatments
Ingredient (% DM) | Level of BCPOa (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Â | 0 | 4 | 8 |
Fresh OPFb | 40.00 | 40.00 | 40.00 |
OPFb silage | 10.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 |
Corn grain | 22.00 | 12.50 | 6.00 |
Soybean meal | 17.00 | 19.00 | 20.00 |
Rice bran | 2.00 | 7.00 | 10.50 |
Palm kernel cake | 7.50 | 6.00 | 4.00 |
BCPOa | 0.00 | 4.00 | 8.00 |
Limestone | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 |
Salt | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 |
Mineral-vitamin premixc | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 |
Chemical composition, % DM | |||
Dry matter | 67.70 | 67.90 | 68.07 |
Organic matter | 93.16 | 93.42 | 93.55 |
Metabolizable energy, MJ/Kg DMb | 11.59 | 11.61 | 11.62 |
Crude Protein, | 14.27 | 14.37 | 14.39 |
Ether extract | 3.06 | 6.56 | 11.45 |
Crude fibre | 28.48 | 27.64 | 26.81 |
ADF | 35.04 | 33.28 | 32.52 |
NDF | 63.52 | 62.67 | 62.06 |
Nitrogen free extract | 16.56 | 13.97 | 12.45 |
Ca | 1.02 | 1.05 | 1.04 |
P | 0.52 | 0.54 | 0.54 |
Total carotenoid (mg/kg) | 14.81 | 16.71 | 19.86 |