Table 1.
Chemical nutrient composition and relative feed value of increasing doses of Algae at different levels of nanoparticles.
| Items | Treatment | SEM | p-value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algae Control | Algae +50 Carbon | Algae +100 Carbon | Algae +50 Mgo | Algae +100 Mgo | Algae +50 MgS | Algae +100 MgS | |||
| CP, % | 34.17ab | 34.68ab | 32.65b | 35.98ab | 32.25b | 37.23a | 37.08a | 1.49 | <0.0001 |
| DM, % | 95.26ab | 95.86ab | 93.31b | 95.97ab | 96.80a | 95.22ab | 94.69ab | 0.86 | <0.0001 |
| Ash, % | 28.40abc | 29.69a | 29.43ab | 27.87bc | 28.77abc | 27.46c | 28.51abc | 0.59 | <0.0001 |
| EE, % | 1.25b | 1.78b | 1.42b | 1.17b | 1.48b | 2.82a | 1.68b | 0.31 | <0.0001 |
| NDF, % | 31.98abc | 32.92ab | 32.67ab | 33.28ab | 28.94c | 30.09bc | 34.15a | 1.22 | <0.0001 |
| ADF, % | 21.79a | 20.97ab | 21.45ab | 21.90ab | 20.96ab | 20.62b | 21.04ab | 0.38 | <0.0001 |
| ADL, % | 11.54 | 11.69 | 11.88 | 11.96 | 10.57 | 10.40 | 12.14 | 0.73 | 0.069 |
CP, Crude protein; DM, Dry matter; Ash, ash; EE, Ether extract; NDF, Neutral detergent fiber; ADF, Acid detergent fiber; ADL, Acid detergent lignin. a-c, means within the column with unlike superscript differ significantly (P < 0.01).