Table 3.
Chemical compositions of the diets (%, DM basis).
| Corn | Wheat | Rice | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| DM | 89.33 | 88.22 | 87.00 | 87.57 | 86.66 | 88.10 | 88.88 | 87.82 | 88.49 | 90.98 | 88.56 | 87.88 | 87.15 |
| Ash | 3.77 | 3.46 | 3.99 | 4.12 | 3.45 | 3.99 | 4.04 | 3.58 | 5.88 | 10.10 | 3.98 | 5.11 | 4.33 |
| EE | 3.82 | 2.40 | 0.82 | 2.85 | 3.01 | 0.87 | 1.09 | 1.29 | 0.98 | 15.47 | 2.74 | 2.54 | 2.13 |
| NDF | 12.91 | 8.80 | 12.72 | 12.20 | 9.85 | 15.83 | 14.79 | 5.91 | 16.52 | 17.91 | 13.24 | 13.91 | 15.31 |
| ADF | 3.49 | 2.45 | 2.03 | 3.08 | 2.76 | 4.07 | 3.91 | 1.89 | 10.67 | 8.00 | 3.80 | 7.11 | 7.95 |
| CP | 8.21 | 8.86 | 9.14 | 9.27 | 9.66 | 15.24 | 15.31 | 9.15 | 7.63 | 15.30 | 8.26 | 9.37 | 8.96 |
| Starch | 64.24 | 69.25 | 66.57 | 64.27 | 67.32 | 57.34 | 57.85 | 73.42 | 61.58 | 34.43 | 64.67 | 62.43 | 62.75 |
| GE, MJ/kg | 18.55 | 17.68 | 17.79 | 17.88 | 18.10 | 17.41 | 17.70 | 17.32 | 17.03 | 20.54 | 17.88 | 17.58 | 17.71 |
The chemical compositions of the diets were analyzed in duplicate. ADF, acid detergent fiber; CP, crude protein; DM, dry matter; EE, ether extract; GE, gross energy; NDF, neutral detergent fiber.