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Table 1 Ingredients and chemical composition of grass and concentrate diet fed to goats (on dry matter basis)

From: Effect of choline chloride supplementation on milk production and milk composition of Etawah grade goats

 

Percent

Percent

Ingredient

  

 Pollard

35.00

 

 Soybean meal

18.00

 

 Cassava waste

38.00

 

 Molasses

5.00

 

 Ca-fish oil

1.50

 

 Mineral and vitamin mixed

2.00

 

 Probiotic

0.50

 

Nutrient composition

Grass

Concentrate diet

 Crude protein

10.51

14.53

 Crude Fat

0.80

4.55

 Neutral detergent fiber

71.03

26.08

 Acid detergent fiber

49.35

12.92

 Gross energy (kcal/kg)

3871

4085

 Total digestible nutrientsa

66.48

70.16

 Ash

9.89

12.41

 Calcium

0.26

2.66

 Phosphorus

0.18

0.55

  1. aThe total digestible nutrients (TDN) obtained by calculation according to Nutrient Requirements Council (1981). Metabolized energy (kcal/kg) =0.62 times Gross energy and the %TDN = Metabolized energy (kcal/kg) divided by 0.0361