Table 1. Diet formulation (g/kg DM or as stated) of the experimental diets

Item Treatments1)
Control HCP
Ingredients
 Tall fescue 62 62
 Ryegrass straw 62 62
 Corn (flaked) 225 222
 Corn (ground) 58 26
 Wheat (ground) 195 202
 Corn gluten feed 192 170
 DDGS 41 94
 Soy hulls 84 83
 Whole cottonseed 28 27
 Extruded linseed 5 5
 Palm oil 2 3
 Molasses 22 22
 CMS 10 0
 Urea 0 8
 NH4Cl 2 2
 Limestone 8 10
 Salt 2 2
 Vitamin and mineral mix2) 2 1
Control, containing 156 g/kg DM of CP; HCP, high level of crude protein, containing 173 g/kg DM of CP.
33,330,000 IU/kg vitamin A, 40,000,000 IU/kg vitamin D, 20.86 IU/kg vitamin E, 20 mg/kg Cu, 90 mg/kg Mn, 100 mg/kg Zn, 250 mg/kg Fe, 0.4 mg/kg I, and 0.4 mg/kg Se.
DDGS, dried distillers grain with solubles; CMS, condensed molasses fermentation solubles.