Table 3.

Effect of carbohydrate sources and cotton seed meal levels on feed intakes and apparent nutrient digestibility

	CC1		CR3:1		SEM	Significance2
	LCM	HCM	LCM	HCM		CS	CM	I
ULTRS intake (kg/h/d)	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.7	0.32	ns	ns	ns
Total intake (kg/h/d )	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.7	0.53	ns	ns	ns
g/kg BW	24	25	24	24	0.41	ns	ns	ns
g/kg BW0.75	74.6	75.1	74.9	76.6	0.91	ns	0.07	ns
Apparent digestibility (g/kg DM)
Dry matter	635	619	664	654	10.8	*	ns	ns
Organic matter	744	738	775	768	11.3	*	ns	ns
Crude protein	640	607	659	616	9.9	ns	*	ns
Ether extract	583	613	589	597	11.4	ns	ns	ns
Neutral detergent fiber	621	626	639	633	1.03	ns	ns	ns
Acid detergent fiber	483	473	509	508	1.53	ns	ns	ns

¹CC = Cassava chip, CR3:1 = Cassava chip+rice bran 3:1, LCM = Low cotton seed meal, HCM = High cotton seed meal.

²CS = Energy sources, CM = Cotton seed meal levels, I = ES×CM interaction.

^*p<0.05, ns = Non-significant difference, SEM = Standard error of the means.