. 2024 Dec 13;11(12):648. doi: 10.3390/vetsci11120648

Table 5.

The DE, ME and nutrient digestibility of 13 cereal feed ingredients.

	Corn					Wheat		Rice
Item	1	2	3	4	5	1	2	1	2	3	4	5	6	SEM	p-Value
As-fed basis
DE, MJ/kg	14.84 ^a	14.45 ^abc	13.68 ^def	13.98 ^abc	14.13 ^cd	13.79 ^def	14.08 ^cd	14.57 ^ab	12.68 ^g	13.91 ^d	14.75 ^a	13.42 ^ef	13.29 ^f	0.13	<0.01
ME, MJ/kg	14.55 ^a	14.12 ^abc	13.34 ^def	13.61 ^cde	13.83 ^bcd	13.43 ^def	13.60 ^cde	14.24 ^ab	12.56 ^g	13.49 ^def	14.46 ^a	13.15 ^ef	13.00 ^fg	0.15	<0.01
DM basis
DE, MJ/kg	17.05 ^a	16.40 ^bc	15.88 ^de	16.09 ^bcd	16.75 ^ab	15.45 ^de	16.00 ^cd	16.78 ^ab	14.49 ^f	15.49 ^de	16.63 ^ab	14.18 ^fg	13.77 ^g	0.16	<0.01
ME, MJ/kg	16.73 ^a	16.02 ^bc	15.48 ^de	15.67 ^bcd	16.40 ^ab	15.05 ^de	15.46 ^cd	16.40 ^ab	14.35 ^f	15.02 ^de	16.30 ^ab	13.87 ^fg	13.40 ^g	0.17	<0.01
ME/DE	98.10 ^ab	97.66 ^b	97.50 ^bc	97.37 ^bc	97.88 ^b	97.39 ^bc	96.59 ^c	97.75 ^b	99.01 ^a	96.96 ^bc	97.98 ^ab	97.84 ^b	97.30	0.21	<0.01
Apparent total tract digestibility, %
GE	87.77	90.27 ^abc	86.07 ^d	86.96 ^d	87.72 ^bcd	87.58 ^cd	87.17 ^d	93.28 ^a	81.96 ^e	72.50 ^f	90.75 ^ab	69.10 ^f	63.15 ^g	0.83	<0.01
DM	88.43 ^bc	91.15 ^ab	87.52 ^c	87.90 ^c	88.58 ^bc	88.54 ^bc	87.47 ^c	93.84 ^a	81.77 ^d	67.38 ^f	90.32 ^bc	74.67 ^e	66.08 ^f	0.99	<0.01
Ash	45.83 ^abc	50.12 ^ab	53.86 ^a	46.04 ^abc	41.99 ^abcd	48.39 ^ab	36.87 ^bcde	57.33 ^a	35.24 ^bcde	22.50 ^e	30.52 ^cde	10.66 ^f	16.38 ^ef	2.23	<0.01
NDF	55.09 ^ab	54.12 ^ab	50.96 ^a	56.32 ^ab	54.82 ^ab	64.21 ^a	56.78 ^ab	58.91 ^ab	25.61 ^d	17.79 ^d	63.27 ^ab	57.48 ^ab	40.69 ^c	2.28	<0.01
ADF	50.39 ^a	47.27 ^a	9.31 ^cd	49.78 ^a	57.60 ^a	40.74 ^ab	25.80 ^bc	40.70 ^ab	15.60 ^cd	7.31 ^d	13.01 ^cd	35.99 ^ab	39.44 ^ab	2.53	<0.01
CP	76.36 ^de	83.01 ^ab	73.89 ^e	77.70 ^cde	78.48 ^cde	87.58 ^a	83.63 ^abc	86.81 ^ab	77.19 ^cde	66.23 ^f	80.32 ^bcde	86.40 ^ab	80.77 ^cd	1.01	<0.01

In the same row, values with different small letter superscripts are significantly different (p < 0.05), while those with the same letter or no superscripts are not significantly different (p > 0.05). n = 6. ADF, acid detergent fiber; CP, crude protein; DM, dry matter; EE, ether extract; GE, gross energy; NDF, neutral detergent fiber; SEM, standard error of the mean.