Table 4.

Neutral detergent fiber intake, on a dry matter basis, of Nellore bulls finished on tropical pasture and fed a Bacillus-based probiotic

Days	Treatments*		SEM1	P – value2
	Control	Probiotic		Treatment
3NDF intake from pasture, kg
0–28	3.89	3.39	0.466	0.41
29–56	6.19	5.38	0.623	0.27
57–84	4.40	3.70	0.387	0.05
85–112	4.20	3.69	0.372	0.15
Overall mean	4.76	4.13	0.443	0.02
NDF intake from supplement, kg
0–28	0.30	0.30	0.01	0.27
29–56	0.28	0.28	0.01	0.13
57–84	0.26	0.25	0.01	0.02
85–112	0.27	0.26	0.01	0.20
Overall mean	0.28	0.27	0.01	0.13
Total NDF intake, kg
0–28	4.19	3.69	0.470	0.40
29–56	6.47	5.66	0.632	0.26
57–84	4.67	3.95	0.394	0.05
85–112	4.34	3.98	0.331	0.31
Overall mean	5.04	4.40	0.451	0.02

*CON; energy-protein supplement without any additive (n = 14) - Probiotic; energy-protein supplement containing 2 g of probiotic/animal per day (n = 14). The probiotic was composed of Bacillus licheniformis and Bacillus subtilis (6.4 × 10⁹ CFU/g). ¹Standard error of mean;² P-value; The significance level was set at P ≤ 0.05, and 0.05 < P ≤ 0.10 was considered a tendency.³NDF; Neutral detergent fiber