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Table 1 Ingredients and chemical composition of the experimental diets (dry matter basis%)

From: Specific enrichment of microbes and increased ruminal propionate production: the potential mechanism underlying the high energy efficiency of Holstein heifers fed steam-flaked corn

Items

Treatments

SFG

FGC

Ingredient %

 Alfalfa hay

13.9

13.9

 Oat

11.5

11.5

 Corn silage

20.4

20.4

 Steam flaked corn

39.8

 

 Finely ground corn

 

39.8

 Soybean meal

11.2

11.2

 Premixa

3.2

3.2

Total

100

100

Chemical composition

 Dry matter, %

55.5

55.8

 CP, %

13.8

14.0

 Starch, %

33.5

33.0

 NDF, %

23.5

23.5

 ADF, %

15.4

15.5

  1. SFC steam flaked corn treatment, FGC finely ground corn treatment
  2. aEach kilogram contained 1800 mg Fe, 350 mg Cu, 2160 mg Mn, 2660 mg Zn, 14 mg Se, 21 mg I, 18 mg Co, 180 000 IU vitamin A, 45 000 IU vitamin D and 2150 IU vitamin E