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. 2015 Dec;28(12):1751–1759. doi: 10.5713/ajas.14.0498

Table 8.

The apparent total tract digestibility of dry matter (DM), crude protein (CP), acid-hydrolyzed ether extract (AEE), neutral detergent fiber (NDF), and acid detergent fiber (ADF) of each experimental diet (%)1

Item Inclusion level (%) SEM p-value


0 2 4 6 8 10 Level Source Interaction
DM
 Soybean oil2 88.75 88.22 88.72 89.12 89.66 90.34 0.212 0.001 0.082 0.829
 Palm oil3 88.75 88.12 88.46 88.86 88.95 89.44 0.154
GE
 Soybean oil2 88.35 88.01 88.56 89.13 89.84 90.45 0.235 0.002 0.003 0.308
 Palm oil 88.35 87.92 88.13 88.51 88.46 88.81 0.154
CP
 Soybean oil 87.80 87.44 87.62 87.96 88.64 89.17 0.244 0.169 0.280 0.873
 Palm oil 87.80 87.34 87.57 87.81 88.03 88.14 0.178
AEE
 Soybean oil2,3 59.45 72.54 78.54 82.44 86.02 88.38 1.710 < 0.001 < 0.001 0.067
 Palm oil2 59.45 72.29 77.81 80.46 82.77 83.38 1.458
NDF
 Soybean oil 52.25 46.53 52.34 52.41 53.08 52.71 0.906 0.141 0.113 0.983
 Palm oil 52.25 49.75 53.20 55.89 55.30 55.67 0.985
ADF
 Soybean oil 49.27 44.51 52.91 49.83 50.88 50.59 1.178 0.607 0.062 0.592
 Palm oil 49.27 52.42 51.27 53.61 53.54 57.23 1.268

SEM, standard error of the mean; GE, gross energy; CP, crude protein.

1

n = 6 per mean.

2

Linear effect of inclusion level at p<0.05.

3

Quadratic effect of inclusion level at p<0.05.