The goats were taken care of in accordance with guidelines of the
Iranian Council on Animal Care (1995). Experimental treatments
were as follows: (1) diet without LDP (control), (2) diet containing
6% of LDP (LDP6), (3) diet containing 12% of LDP (LDP12), and (4)
diet containing 18% of LDP (LDP18) (DM basis) (Table 1).