Table 2. Nutrient and chemical composition (%) of experimental dietary treatments and the mean ruminal pH.
| Nutrient (%) | Dry | Green | Concentrate | Nutrient composition in the dietary treatments | |||||
| DKI | DK2 | DK3 | GK1 | GK2 | GK3 | ||||
| Moisture | 6.31 | 82.26 | 5.74 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| Crude protein | 5.32 | 7.75 | 20.21 | 12.77 | 9.04 | 5.32 | 13.98 | 10.86 | 7.75 |
| Crude fat | 1.44 | 0.94 | 1.87 | 1.66 | 1.55 | 1.44 | 1.40 | 1.17 | 0.94 |
| Crude fibre | 31.00 | 32.85 | 12.57 | 21.79 | 26.39 | 31.00 | 22.71 | 27.78 | 32.85 |
| Acid insoluble ash | 2.53 | 3.36 | 3.84 | 3.19 | 2.86 | 2.55 | 3.6 | 3.48 | 3.36 |
| Ruminal pH | 7.29±0.06c | 7.09±0.06b | 7.08±0.05b | 6.88±0.05a | 6.97±0.07ab | 6.99±0.08ab | |||
DK1: 50% dry forage: 50% concentrate; DK2: 75% dry forage: 25% concentrate and DK3: 100% dry forage; GK1: 50% green forage: 50% concentrate; GK2: 75% green forage: 25% concentrate; GK3: 100% green forage; ND: Not detected;
a, b, c: means in a row having different superscript are statistically different (P<0.05).
±: standard error of means (n = 4).