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Table 3 Nutrient composition in each diet ingredient

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

Ingredient

DM %

CP %

ADF %

TDN %

NEm Mcal kg-1

NEg Mcal kg-1

Fat %

Corn

87.66

8.33

3.58

87

0.45

0.31

4.37

Corn silage

32.90

7.53

28.69

68

0.33

0.20

2.59

Mixed hay

85.74

7.42

44.70

52

0.22

0.10

1.88

Sunflower meal

90.63

39.44

22.77

70

0.34

0.21

2.44

DDGS medium fat

89.26

31.90

16.48

87

0.44

0.29

8.05

DDGS high fat

88.74

28.76

15.74

88

0.44

0.29

12.96

DDGS low Fat

88.83

32.69

11.93

92

0.43

0.29

5.47

CSB

71.56

10.07

0.19

86

0.42

0.28

1.28

  1. Note: DDGS Distiller’s dried grains with solubles, CSB Concentrated separator by-product, DM dry matter, CP Crude protein, ADF Acid detergent fiber, TDN Total digestible nutrients, NEm Net energy for maintenance, NEg Net energy for gain. All feed samples were analyzed by a commercial laboratory; net energy prediction calculations are from [58–60]