Table 1. The formulation of experimental diet and their chemical composition

Items1) Value (%)
Ingredients (% DM)
 Commercial concentrate mix 70
 Timothy 30
Chemical composition (% DM or as stated)
 DM (% as fed) 89.6
 CP 14.5
 aNDF 46.2
 ADF 25.4
 Lignin 4.62
 EE 3.29
 Ash 8.03
Commercial concentration mix was purchased from Farmsco (Ansung, Korea).