Table 1. Ingredients of the experimental diet

Ingredients of TMR Percentage (%) of DM
Ground corn 38.32
Wheat bran 32.80
Soybean meal 4.00
Rapeseed meal 1.60
Molasses 1.60
Rice straw 10.00
Corn silage 10.00
Dicalcium phosphate 1.20
Salt 0.32
Vitamin-mineral mix1) 0.16
Vitamin A, 2,650,000 IU; vitamin D3, 530,000 IU; vitamin E, 1,050 IU; niacin, 10,000 mg; manganese, 4,400 mg; iron, 13,200 mg; iodine, 440 mg; cobalt, 440 mg.
TMR, total mixed ration; DM, dry matter.