Table 4. Effects of fermented mixture of bean dregs and wheat bran (FBW) supplementation on apparent nutrient digestibility.
Treatment | CON | FBW 3 | FBW 6 | FBW 9 | SEM | p-value | ||
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FBW inclusion (%) | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | Treatment | Linear | Quadratic | |
DM | 80.81b | 83.30a | 83.61a | 83.47a | 0.29 | < 0.01 | < 0.01 | 0.034 |
CP | 80.80 | 81.58 | 82.89 | 82.98 | 0.35 | 0.100 | 0.017 | 0.624 |
CF | 62.39 | 60.61 | 58.58 | 53.26 | 0.88 | 0.302 | 0.072 | 0.616 |
EE | 76.11 | 76.82 | 75.90 | 79.29 | 0.65 | 0.265 | 0.155 | 0.317 |
P | 52.30c | 63.53b | 63.88b | 66.94a | 0.96 | < 0.01 | < 0.01 | 0.001 |
Ca | 56.47 | 58.86 | 59.88 | 60.66 | 1.22 | 0.691 | 0.239 | 0.759 |
Within a row, means without a common lowercase superscript differ (p < 0.05).
DM, dry matter; CP, crude protein; CF, crude fiber; EE, ether extract.