Growth performance, apparent digestibility, and N balance in Mongolian lambs and hoggs fed diets supplemented with a Chinese traditional herbal medicine complex

We evaluated the effects of dietary supplementation with Chinese traditional herbal medicine ( CTHM ) on the growth performance, apparent digestibility, and nitrogen balance in Mongolian lambs and hoggs. The CTHM used as a dietary supplement consisted of 30% pine needles, 20% mugwort, 40% garlic, and 10% Astragalus mongholicus on a dry matter ( DM ) basis. The basal diet was prepared from corn stover, corn grain, wheat bran, rapeseed meal, shell...