No rumen fermentation profiles and associated microbial diversities difference were found between Hu sheep and Karakul sheep fed a cottonseed hull diet

Table 1 Dietary composition and nutritional level (air-dried basis)

Item	Stage II	Stage III
Item	Supplementary feeding period	Complete feeding Period
Diets composition (%)
Corn	20	20
Soybean meal	8.7	8.7
Bran	4	4
Cottonseed hull	65	65
Salt	0.8	0.8
Calcium carbonate powder	0.5	0.5
Premix¹	1	1
Total	100	100
Nutrient levels²
DM%	91.37	91.37
ME MJ/kg	9.84	9.84
CP%	9.12	9.12
NDF%	61.88	61.88
ADF%	52.36	52.36

1. The premix (per kilogram of feed content): VA 1800 IU, VD 600 IU, VE 30 mg, Fe 65 mg, Se 0.15 mg, Cu 10 mg, Mn 28 mg, Zn 45 mg
2. ME was a calculated value, while the others were measureed values. The determination of dry matter (DM), crude protein (CP), acid detergent fiber (ADF), and neutral detergent fiber (NDF) contents in the diet is based on the standards outlined in GB/T 6435-2014(CHN), GB/T 6432-2018(CHN), and GB/T 20806-2022(CHN)

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