Table 1.
Chemical and physical properties of control and fibrous diet
| Treatment diets
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|---|---|---|
| Control | Fibrous diet | |
| DM (g/kg) | 90.14 | 90.91 |
| Calc DE1 (g/kg DM) | 10.75 | 10.56 |
| CP (g/kg DM) | 247.8 | 207.9 |
| EE (g/kg DM) | 3.73 | 5.45 |
| Ash (g/kg DM) | 5.52 | 5.04 |
| NDF (g/kg DM) | 430.93 | 470.3 |
| ADF (g/kg DM) | 68.39 | 185.59 |
| BD (g DM/mL) | 1.83 | 1.65 |
| WHC (g water/g DM) | 4.6 | 5.71 |
DM, dry matter; CP, crude protein; EE, ether extract; Calc DE, calculated digestible energy; NDF, neutral detergent fibre; ADF, acid detergent fibre; BD, bulk density; WHC, water holding capacity.
1
Calc DE = 949 + (0.789×GE)–(43×% Ash) − (41×% NDF) (Noblet and Perez, 1993).