TP Compound diets
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Ingredients (g/kg as fed basis)
Alfalfa meal (17%CP) 290 270 250
Barley 190 190 190
Wheat bran 200 200 200
Dried beet pulp 140 140 130
Soybean meal (45%CP) 60 60 60
Sunflower meal (30%CP) 60 60 50
Tomato pomace 0 30 60
Molasse 15 15 15
Soybean oil 10 10 10
Corn gluten 10 10 10
Wheat straw 10 0 0
Corn meal 0 0 10
Vitamin–mineral premixa 10 10 10
Bicalcium phosphate 5 5 5
Chemical composition (g/kg as fed basis)
Dry matter, 235 908 914 913
Crude ash, 12.9 61.8 60.3 58.4
Crude fiber 100.8 171.6 171.8 175.3
Ether extract 22.1 26.3 32.0 32.0
Crude protein 43.9 165.3 165.4 166.2
Neutral detergent fiber 13.1 366.3 354.3 348.7
Acid detergent fiber 12.4 208.7 195.7 193.3
Starch 1.9 153.0 221.3 229.3
Total carotenoids, mg/g 0.169 0.103 0.086 0.092
Gross energy, MJ/kg 5.6 17.2 17.0 17.4