Items | Treatments | SEM | P-value | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
HP | LP | LPLMet | LPHMet | |||
Ingredients, g/kg dry matter | ||||||
 Corn silage | 182.40 | 193.60 | 193.60 | 193.50 |  |  |
 Alfalfa hay | 101.60 | 39.20 | 39.20 | 39.20 |  |  |
 Wheat straw | 153.00 | 213.80 | 213.70 | 213.60 |  |  |
 Ground corn | 162.30 | 216.50 | 216.50 | 216.40 |  |  |
 Wheat bran | 77.80 | 46.80 | 46.80 | 46.70 |  |  |
 Soybean meal | 70.30 | 100.50 | 100.50 | 100.40 |  |  |
 Cottonseed meal | 96.20 | 38.20 | 38.20 | 38.20 |  |  |
 Corn germ meal | 115.50 | 105.60 | 105.60 | 105.60 |  |  |
 Limestone | 10.50 | 8.80 | 8.80 | 8.80 |  |  |
 Di calcium phosphate | 0.00 | 4.80 | 4.80 | 4.80 |  |  |
 Sodium chloride | 10.50 | 12.00 | 12.00 | 12.00 |  |  |
 Sodium bicarbonate | 1.90 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 |  |  |
 Premix* | 18.00 | 18.10 | 18.10 | 18.00 |  |  |
 RPMet | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.11 | 0.81 |  |  |
Chemical composition | ||||||
 Dry matter (g/kg DM) | 902.50 | 890.25 | 892.00 | 893.75 | 5.40 | 0.89 |
 Crude protein (g/kg DM) | 163.39a | 146.33b | 141.80b | 143.30b | 3.38 | 0.01 |
 Neutral detergent fiber (g/kg DM) | 471.16 | 471.72 | 471.21 | 470.38 | 1.28 | 0.99 |
 Acid detergent fiber (g/kg DM) | 212.12 | 210.87 | 205.37 | 212.27 | 2.04 | 0.70 |
 Ether extract (g/kg DM) | 28.50 | 28.00 | 28.02 | 28.11 | 0.52 | 1.00 |
 Gross energy (MJ/kg DM) | 16.28 | 16.13 | 16.13 | 16.50 | 0.14 | 0.85 |