Table 4 Formulation, chemical composition, cell wall constituents and gross energy of the experimental concentrate feed mixtures

Formulation (%)

Yellow corn

50

50

50

50

Soybean seed meal

16

–

–

–

Black cumin seed meal

–

23

–

–

Cottonseed meal

–

–

28

–

Sesame seed meal

–

–

–

21.5

Wheat bran

31

24

19

25.5

Limestone

2

2

2

2

Common salt

1

1

1

1

Total

100

100

100

100

Chemical composition, % on DM basis

Moisture (%)

10.00

9.77

10.29

9.26

OM

94.89

95.23

93.89

93.16

CP

14.03

13.99

14.06

14.10

CF

10.40

11.30

12.84

11.20

EE

3.11

6.84

4.61

5.66

NFE

67.35

63.10

62.38

62.20

Ash

5.11

4.77

6.11

6.84

Cell wall constituents,% on DM basis

NDF

35.76

36.35

37.36

36.28

ADF

18.92

19.74

21.14

19.65

*Gross energy, kcal/kg DM

4312

4521

4349

4375