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. 2012 Aug;25(8):1124–1131. doi: 10.5713/ajas.2012.12109

Table 4.

Effect of ground corn cob replacement on microbial protein synthesis in swamp buffalo

Items Ground corn cob replacement (%)
SEM Contrast1
0 33 67 100 L Q C
Microbial protein synthesis
 Microbial N supply (g N/d) 61.9 46.7 53.7 50.7 6.37 ns ns ns
 EMNS (g N/kg OMDR) 22.1 16.2 22.1 18.4 2.06 ns ns ns
1

L = Linear, Q = Quadratic, C = Cubic. ns = p>0.05.

SEM = Standard error of the mean. OMDR = Organic matter digested in the rumen. EMNS = Efficiency of microbial N supply.