. 2023 Jul 21;15:45–57. doi: 10.1016/j.aninu.2023.06.013

Table 8.

Effect of inclusion level on digestibility of nutrient and energy values of wheat bran.

	Diets¹					SEM	P-values
Item	WB10	WB20	WB30	WB40	WB50	SEM	Diet	Linear	Quadratic
No. of observations	6	6	6	6	6
Digestibility coefficients, %
CP	77.0	72.2	73.7	74.4	73.9	2.05	NS	NS	NS
DM	61.0	67.7	68.6	69.3	68.1	2.53	NS	NS	<0.05
GE	63.4	68.4	70.3	68.7	69.0	2.08	NS	NS	NS
NDF	60.5^ab	49.0^b	72.1^a	58.6^ab	50.2^b	2.84	<0.01	NS	NS
ADF	34.0^ab	28.5^b	39.9^ab	44.5^a	34.9^ab	3.06	0.02	NS	NS
Energy, MJ/kg DM
DE	12.09	13.04	13.39	13.09	13.15	0.381	NS	NS	NS
ME	11.93	12.63	12.80	12.79	12.80	0.529	NS	NS	0.05
NE	8.05	9.35	10.38	10.40	9.77	0.522	NS	NS	<0.001
Energy utilization, %
ME:DE ratio	98.7	96.9	95.7	97.7	97.4	2.94	NS	NS	NS
NE:ME ratio	67.4	74.0	81.0	81.3	76.3	4.14	NS	NS	0.03

CP = crude protein; DM = dry matter; GE = gross energy; NDF = neutral detergent fiber; ADF = acid detergent fiber; DE = digestible energy; ME = metabolizable energy; NE = net energy.

^a-d Means within a row without a common superscript differ significantly (P < 0.05). Values were means of six observations per treatment. The P-values more than 0.10 were presented with “NS”.

WB10, diet including 9.8% wheat bran; WB20, diet including 19.5% wheat bran; WB30, diet including 29.2% wheat bran; WB40, diet including 39.0% wheat bran; WB50, diet including 48.7% wheat bran.