Medium-chain fatty acid triglycerides improve feed intake and oxidative stress of finishing bulls by regulating ghrelin concentration and gastrointestinal tract microorganisms and rumen metabolites

Table 1 Ingredient and nutritional composition of basal diets (%, dry matter basis)

Ingredient composition	Content (% of DM)	Nutritional composition^b	Content (% of DM)
Corn meal	45.00	NEg^c (Mcal/kg DM)	1.16
Cornstalk	40.00	Crude protein	11.47
Soybean meal	6.75	Crude fat	3.17
Corn germ meal	2.25	Crude ash	5.62
DDGS	2.25	Neutral detergent fibers	34.89
Calcium carbonate	0.68	Acid detergent fibers	20.62
Molasses cane	0.60	Calcium	0.51
Sodium bicarbonate	0.45	Phosphorus	0.34
Calcium hydrogen phosphate	0.37	Sodium chloride	0.45
Urea	0.45
Salt	0.45
Premix^a	0.75
Total	100.00

^aPremix provided the following per kg of the diet: Fe 400 mg, Cu 600 mg, Zn 400 mg, Mn 20 mg, Se 10 mg, Co 10 mg, vitamin A 350 000 IU, vitamin D 300 000 IU, vitamin E 5000 IU
^bConventional nutrients in feed were calculated based on the actual content of feed ingredients
^cNEg (net energy for gain) was estimated from the analyzed value of the dietary ingredients (based on Ministry of Agriculture of P.R. China (2018))

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