Table 6. Digestibility of different nutrients (%) in calves under different treatments.
Treatment (diets) | DM | Roughage | OM | CP | EE | NDF | ADF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T1 | 52.07c | 32.22c | 54.52c | 68.96b | 72.36b | 45.81c | 36.69c |
T2 | 57.82a | 42.61a | 60.54a | 74.72a | 75.15a | 53.33a,b | 51.42a |
T3 | 57.47a,b | 39.16b | 59.83a,b | 69.97b | 67.25c | 53.47a | 47.42a,b |
SEM± | 0.848 | 1.492 | 0.862 | 2.154 | 1.115 | 1.1198 | 2.031 |
Values bearing different superscripts (a–c) in a column differ significantly (P < 0.05), while same or common superscripts (a–c, ab) denotes non significant difference. Overall SEM ± has been given by first calculating sample mean then calculating overall mean in a column (↓) for an individual parameter in different groups.
DM, dry matter; OM, organic matter; CP, crude protein; EE, ether extract; NDF, neutral detergent fiber; ADF, acid detergent fiber.