Transcriptomic analyses suggest a dominant role of insulin in the coordinated control of energy metabolism and ureagenesis in goat liver

Table 3 Dietary composition used in this study

Item	LNFC	MNFC
Ingredient, % of DM
Guinea Grass	90	65
Corn meal	0	25
Soya bean meal	8	8
Mineral and vitamin supplement ^a	1	1
Salt	0.25	0.25
CaHPO₄	0.75	0.75
Chemical composition
DM,%	91.4	89.9
Crude protein, %DM	10.3	10.7
Crude fat, %DM	3.5	3.4
Ash, %DM	4.7	3.9
NDF, %DM	66.8	50.7
NFC^b, %DM	14.7	31.3

^aContained 16% calcium carbonate, 102 g/kg Zn, 47 g/kg Mn, 26 g/kg Cu, 1140 mg/kg I, 500 mg/kg Se, 340 mg/kg Co, 17,167,380 IU/kg vitamin A, 858,370 IU/kg vitamin D, and 23,605 IU/kg vitamin E
^b NFC = 100 – (NDF + CP + Crude fat + ash)

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