Table 1. Ingredients and nutrients of the experimental diets

Items Value (% of DM basis)
Ingredients (% of DM)
 Concentrate 15.3
 Soybean meal 2.40
 Corn silage 47.2
 Alfalfa hay 7.10
 Tall fescue 9.40
 Timothy 5.90
 Energy booster1) 7.10
 Cash gold1) 4.50
 Lyzin-Plus2) 0.20
 Limestone3) 0.20
 Zin care1) 0.10
 Supex-F1) 0.50
 Trace minerals4) 0.05
 Vitamins premix5) 0.05
Chemical composition (% of DM basis)
 DM (%) 53.2
 Crude protein 10.0
 Neutral detergent fiber 28.2
 Acid detergent fiber 16.9
 Calcium 0.40
 Phosphorus 0.15
Zin Care, Contained 16 GDU/g protease bromelain, 2.0 × 108 cfu/g. Supex-F, Contained 99% protected fat from of palm oil (Cofavet, Cheonan, Korea).
Lyzin-Plus, Contained 6.0% Zn, 0.9% Cu, 1.4% Mn, 5.0% chelated glycine (A.N.Tech, Cheonan, Korea).
Sungshin minefield, Jeongseon, Korea.
Trace minerals, Contained 0.40% Mg; 0.20% K; 4.00% S; 0.08% Na; 0.03% Cl; 400 mg of Fe/kg; 60,042 mg of Zn/kg; 16,125 mg of Cu/kg; 42,375 mg of Mn/kg.
Vitamins premix, Provided approximately 5,000 KIU of vitamin A/kg; 1,000 KIU of vitamin D/kg; 33,500 mg of vitamin E/kg; 2,400 mg of vitamin C/kg.
DM, dry matter.