Table 2.
Nutrients % (DM basis) | |||||||||
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Bacteria | DM1 | CP2 | NDF3 | ADF4 | ADL5 | Hemicel.6 | Cellulose | CF7 | Ash |
A | 92.62 | 16.77 | 71.70c | 47.27b | 15.43 | 24.43b | 31.85b | 14.09b | 4.67 |
B | 92.65 | 16.61 | 72.64bc | 47.22b | 15.25 | 25.66b | 31.57b | 14.12b | 4.73 |
C | 92.46 | 16.47 | 73.18bc | 47.39b | 15.54 | 25.80b | 31.84b | 14.33b | 4.58 |
D | 92.44 | 16.64 | 73.54bc | 47.45b | 16.04 | 26.42b | 31.41b | 14.29b | 4.80 |
AB | 92.62 | 16.60 | 74.73b | 48.01b | 15.25 | 26.71b | 32.77ab | 14.48b | 4.58 |
AC | 92.81 | 16.45 | 74.28bc | 48.45ab | 15.43 | 25.83b | 33.02ab | 14.48b | 5.12 |
AD | 92.72 | 16.30 | 73.97bc | 47.65b | 14.86 | 26.31b | 32.79ab | 14.71b | 4.82 |
BC | 92.92 | 16.62 | 74.86b | 47.78b | 15.20 | 27.07b | 32.59ab | 14.47b | 4.65 |
BD | 92.73 | 16.55 | 73.64bc | 47.44b | 14.57 | 26.20ab | 32.86ab | 14.25b | 4.62 |
CD | 92.73 | 16.45 | 73.77bc | 46.69b | 14.79 | 27.09ab | 31.89b | 14.36b | 4.65 |
BCD | 92.88 | 16.57 | 73.41bc | 49.07ab | 15.49 | 24.34b | 33.58ab | 14.43b | 4.59 |
ABC | 92.76 | 16.61 | 74.57b | 47.22b | 16.17 | 27.01ab | 31.04b | 14.70b | 4.60 |
ABD | 93.00 | 16.54 | 73.67bc | 47.01b | 15.92 | 26.32b | 31.10b | 14.74b | 4.52 |
ACD | 92.91 | 16.73 | 73.66bc | 46.34b | 15.32 | 26.98ab | 31.02b | 14.37b | 4.49 |
ABCD | 93.03 | 16.60 | 72.92bc | 46.88b | 15.36 | 26.03b | 31.52b | 14.25b | 4.57 |
CON | 91.42 | 16.47 | 82.29a | 51.48a | 15.93 | 30.81a | 35.55a | 16.96a | 4.74 |
SEM | 0.38 | 0.12 | 0.52 | 0.58 | 0.41 | 0.75 | 0.62 | 0.19 | 0.13 |
Sig.8 | NS | NS | ∗∗ | ∗∗ | NS | ∗∗ | ∗∗ | ∗∗ | NS |
a–cMeans ± SEM. Means with different superscripts in the same column differ significantly (P < 0.05).
1: dry matter; 2: crude protein; 3: neutral detergent fiber; 4: acid detergent fiber; 5: acid detergent lignin; 6: hemicellulose; 7: crude fiber; 8: significance; NS: nonsignificant; ∗∗highly significant.