Research Article
Intake, Nutrient Apparent Digestibility, and Ruminal Constituents of Crossbred Dorper × Santa Inês Sheep Fed Diets with Babassu Mesocarp Flour
Table 2
Ingredients and chemical composition of experimental diets (%, DM basis).
| | Ingredients | Babassu mesocarp flour (% of DM) | | 0 | 10 | 20 | 30 |
| | Tifton 85 hay | 30.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | | Corn | 43.5 | 34.9 | 25.7 | 18.2 | | Soybean meal | 8.1 | 9.9 | 12.7 | 14.6 | | Urea | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | | Limestone | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | | Mineral premix | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | | Babassu mesocarp flour | 0.0 | 10.0 | 20.2 | 30.2 | | Wheat bran | 14.9 | 11.8 | 7.9 | 3.5 |
| | | Chemical composition | | Dry matter | 90.3 | 90.3 | 91.4 | 90.5 | | Organic matter | 9.7 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 9.8 | | Crude protein | 16.4 | 16.3 | 16.7 | 16.7 | | Ether extract | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.1 | | aNDFom1 | 34.4 | 37.8 | 41.0 | 44.0 | | NDA | 16.2 | 19.9 | 23.8 | 27.8 | | Nonfiber carbohydrates | 44.6 | 40.9 | 36.9 | 33.6 | | Total carbohydrates | 79.1 | 78.7 | 77.9 | 77.6 | | Total digestible nutrients | 79.1 | 77.0 | 71.2 | 69.9 | | Digestible energy (Mcal⋅kg−1 DM) | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.1 | | Metabolizable energy (Mcal⋅kg−1 DM) | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
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aNDF: neutral detergent fiber corrected for ash; ADF: acid detergent fiber corrected for ash.
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