CD8, CD9, CD10, CD11 High-Concentrate Experimental Diets
These are four diets used in an experiment investigating protein requirements of meat goats. Diet CD8, which was lowest in CP, supported live weight gain lower than that with the other treatments. The rate of growth of goats consuming CD9, CD10 or CD11 was similar among treatments. Trace mineral and vitamin premixes are those used for CD2.
| Item | CD8 | CD9 | CD10 | CD11 |
| Ingredient | ||||
| Cottonseed hulls | 30.000 | 30.000 | 30.000 | 30.000 |
| Ground corn | 62.030 | 52.935 | 47.501 | 41.536 |
| Soybean meal | 1.049 | 9.959 | 9.993 | 10.035 |
| Blood meal | 0.000 | 0.000 | 1.726 | 3.470 |
| Fish meal | 0.000 | 0.000 | 2.302 | 4.630 |
| Feather meal | 0.000 | 0.000 | 1.726 | 3.470 |
| Molasses | 3.000 | 3.000 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
| Dicalcium phosphate | 0.654 | 0.459 | 0.067 | 0.000 |
| Limestone | 1.293 | 1.351 | 1.180 | 1.146 |
| Vitamin premix | 0.500 | 0.500 | 0.500 | 0.500 |
| Trace mineral salt | 0.690 | 0.690 | 0.690 | 0.690 |
| Ammonium chloride | 0.500 | 0.500 | 0.500 | 0.500 |
| Deccox, 6% | 0.050 | 0.050 | 0.050 | |
| Sodium sulfate | 0.234 | 0.556 | 0.765 | 0.973 |
| Composition (% of dry matter) | ||||
| CP | 10.2 | 14.2 | 18.3 | 23.6 |
| TDN | 71.8 | 71.5 | 71.2 | 70.4 |
| Ca | 0.68 | 0.68 | 0.68 | 0.68 |
| P | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.34 |
Reference: Hart, S. P. and A. L. Goetsch. 2001. Goat Diet/Feeding Examples. Pages 64-85 in Proc. 16th Ann. Goat Field Day, Langston University, Langston, OK.
