Table 4.
Items | Level of clay (g/kg) | P - value | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 | 3 | 6 | SE2 | Linear | Quadratic | |
Dry matter | 0.77b | 0.82 a | 0.77 b | 0.009 | 0.91 | <0.01 |
Nitrogen | 0.76 b | 0.79 a | 0.74 b | 0.006 | 0.05 | <0.01 |
Energy | 0.81ab | 0.83 a | 0.78 b | 0.013 | 0.13 | 0.04 |
Yan et al. [34]
a,bValues significant at P<0.05 level
1Clay comprised of 72.6 % SiO2, 8.18 % AL2O3, 9.42 % Fe2O3, 5.25 % K2O and minor amounts of other minerals