Table 1. Ingredients and chemical compositions of total mixed ration

Item Basal diet Rice straw
Ingredients (%)
 Protein concentrate 8.00
 Corn flakes 6.00
 Soybean meal 3.50
 Soybean hulls 5.00
 Italian ryegrass silage 7.00
 Corn silage 6.00
 Annual rye straw 10.0
 Tall fescue hay 7.00
 Brewers grain 10.0
 Spent mushroom 20.0
 Tofu by-product 4.50
 Rice bran 3.00
 Premix1) 0.20
 Microbes 0.20
 Molasses 3.00
 Water 6.60
Chemical composition (% DM)
 Dry matter 60.8 ± 1.222) 87.2 ± 0.51
 Crude protein 13.1 ± 0.31 4.88 ± 0.24
 Ether extract 5.43 ± 0.21 2.02 ± 0.18
 Crude ash 10.6 ± 0.76 12.4 ± 0.58
 Neutral detergent fiber 33.6 ± 0.38 61.1 ± 0.55
 Acid detergent fiber 11.5 ± 0.67 46.5 ± 0.36
One kilogram contained the following: vitamin A, 450,000 IU; vitamin D3, 300,000 IU; vitamin E, 25,000 IU; vitamin K3, 500 mg; vitamin B1, 200 mg; vitamin B12, 13 mg; pantothenic acid, 40 mg; niacin, 30 mg; biotin, 20 mg; folic acid, 10 mg; FeSO4, 3,500 mg; CoSO4, 150 mg; CuSO4, 4,500 mg; MnSO4, 2,000 mg; ZnSO4, 2,500 mg; I, 400 mg; Se (Na), 150 mg.
Mean ± SD.