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Table 1 Constituents and nutrient concentrations in basal diet for water buffaloes

From: Sodium nitrate has no detrimental effect on milk fatty acid profile and rumen bacterial population in water buffaloes

Items

DM, %

Cassava residues

13.00

Elephant grass

10.00

Brewer’s grain

10.00

Corn silage

17.00

Corn

26.75

Soybean meal

3.00

Wheat bran

7.50

Cottonseed meal

8.50

CaHPO4

0.75

Shell meal

0.50

NaCl

1.00

NaHCO3

1.50

Premix

0.50

Total

100

Nutrient concentration

 GE MJ/kg

16.14

 CP%

11.74

 NDF%

29.46

 ADF%

16.77

  1. Nutrient concentrations were measured according the methods described in reference (Zhang 2007); each kg premix contained: vitamin E 3000 IU, vitamin D 150,000 IU, vitamin A 500,000 IU, Cu 1.3 g, Fe 4.0 g, Mn 3.0 g, I 80 mg, Zn 6.0 g, Co 80 mg, Se 50 mg