Table 4.
Variables (%) | T1 (n = 6) Control | T2 (n = 6) Blend | T3 (n = 6) Amylase | T4 (n = 6) Blend+Amylase | SEM | P- trat |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dry Matter | 61.7 | 65.4 | 67.6 | 66.4 | 2.41 | 0.39 |
Organic Matter | 65.4 | 68.8 | 71.2 | 70.3 | 2.93 | 0.26 |
Crude protein | 54.2b | 58.1a | 61.3a | 57.1ab | 1.08 | 0.07 |
NDF | 59.6 | 62.9 | 61.5 | 64.5 | 2.58 | 0.46 |
ADF | 46.1 | 46.6 | 51.0 | 49.5 | 2.36 | 0.37 |
Ether extract | 36.6b | 42.8b | 53.0a | 55.2a | 2.79 | 0.01 |
Starch | 73.0b | 76.9ab | 81.3a | 81.8a | 2.01 | 0.05 |
1Treatments were: T1 Control- Control treatment, T2 blend– Treatment with 0.5 g of blend per kg of DM in the diet, T3 Amylase- Treatment with 0.5 g of amylase per kg of DM in the diet, T4 blend + Amylase- Treatment with 0.5 g enzyme blend+ 0 0.5 g amylase per kg of DM in the diet.
a,b,c Note: P ≤ 0.05 (different) and P ≥ 0.05 to ≤ 0.1 (trend) were illustrated by different letters (a,b,c) on the same line.