Table 1. Ingredients and chemical composition of experimental diets

Item % of DM
Alfalfa Concentrate
Ingredients
 Corn grain 12.0
 Wheat grain 9.0
 Brown rice 2.5
 Lupin seeds 2.0
 Rice bran 2.0
 Wheat bran 0.7
 Corn germs meal 9.0
 Lupin hulls 12.0
 Corn gluten feed 15.0
 Cashew nut hulls 2.0
 Rape seeds meal 3.0
 Coconut meal 5.0
 Palm kernel meal 16.0
 Molasses 6.0
 Limestone 0.6
 Salt 0.6
 Vitamin mix 0.3
 Mineral mix 0.5
 Sodium bicarbonate 0.8
 Yeast culture 1.0
Total 100
Chemical composition
 Dry matter (DM; g/kg as fed) 907 933
 Neutral detergent insoluble crude protein (g/kg of DM) 60 32
 Acid detergent insoluble crude protein (g/kg of DM) 22 7
 Neural detergent fiber (g/kg of DM) 547 354
 Acid detergent fiber (g/kg of DM) 423 182
 Non fiber carbohydrates (g/kg of DM) 306 439