. 2015 May 14;8(5):605–609. doi: 10.14202/vetworld.2015.605-609

Table-3.

IVGP, ME content, DM and OM digestibility, and PF of feedstuffs.

Feed	Total gas (ml/200 mg)	ME (MJ/kg DM)	TDMD (%)	TOMD (%)	PF
Grains
Maize	65.54^b±0.49	11.51	78.60^bc±0.68	80.43^b±1.13	2.51±0.14
Oat	62.91^a±0.91	10.79	74.10^a±0.59	76.95^a±0.64	2.50±0.25
Wheat	68.79^b±1.20	12.02	76.28^b±0.43	78.99^b±0.48	2.10±0.04
Barley	60.41^a±0.75	10.11	72.31^a±1.33	74.02^a±1.44	2.40±0.08
Oilseed cakes/meals
GNC	48.36^c±0.85	9.44	69.52^c±1.40	71.98^c±1.03	3.71±0.40
MOC	45.31^b±0.92	9.21	66.24^b±1.19	69.80^b±0.85	3.30±0.22
CSC	43.08^a±0.27	7.71	64.72^a±0.15	66.70^a±0.15	2.90±0.17
SBM	50.96^d±0.49	9.24	78.53^d±0.70	80.67^d±0.77	3.09±0.25
Agro-industrial by-products
Wheat bran	48.99^c±0.73	9.78	62.39^b±1.79	64.15^b±1.97	2.59^a±0.26
DORB	43.87^b±1.08	7.39	60.68^b±0.84	63.50^b±0.99	3.06^ab±0.26
Rice polish	42.65^a±0.38	7.41	60.28^b±0.31	62.82^b±0.94	3.69^b±0.09
Wheat straw	25.52±0.31	4.65	38.54^a±1.24	40.06^a±1.38	2.45^a±0.10
Leguminous green fodders
Cowpea	41.45±0.83	8.05	60.95±1.34	61.98±1.57	3.33±0.13
Berseem	41.33±0.89	8.51	61.44±1.15	63.76±1.29	3.16±0.32
Non-leguminous green fodders
Maize	38.89^c±0.30	8.19	58.97^c±1.49	60.55^c±1.98	2.69±0.25
Oat	40.79^c±0.74	8.34	56.72^c±0.90	58.55^c±0.78	2.63±0.13
Sorghum	32.61^a±0.10	6.86	52.20^a±1.13	54.88^b±1.33	2.23±0.06
Pearl millet	36.19^b±0.49	7.63	54.94^b±0.88	56.85^a±1.53	2.75±0.42

^a,b,c,d

Means bearing different superscripts in a column differ significantly (*p<0.05) IVGP=In vitro gas production, ME=Metabolisable energy, PF=Partitioning factor, DM=Dry matter, OM=Organic matter, TDMD=True dry matter digestibility, TOMD=True organic matter digestibility, GNC=Groundnut cake, MOC=Mustard oil cake, CSC=Cotton seed cake, SBM=Soybean meal, DORB=Deoiled rice bran