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. 2017 Jan 5;12(1):e0169187. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0169187

Table 2. Effect of dietary types on feed and nutrient intakes in Tibetan sheep and yaks (mean±S.E.).

Items TMR OH OS TG SEM P-value
Tibetan sheep
DMI (kg/d) 1.41±0.03a 1.31±0.03b 1.22±0.03c 0.69±0.02d 0.02 < 0.001
DMI/kg LW (g/kg) 43.53±1.13ab 40.87±0.91b 43.75±1.36a 28.00c 0.67 < 0.001
DMI/kg LW0.75 (g/kg) 103.37±2.14a 97.10±2.13b 100.29±2.71ab 62.18±0.44c 1.55 < 0.001
CPI (g/d) 147.84±3.17a 74.47±1.89c 102.78±2.32b 35.18±0.93d 3.09 < 0.001
NDFI (g/d) 467.39±10.03c 714.88±18.11a 611.81±13.80b 404.52±10.70d 10.86 0.001
Yaks
DMI (kg/d) 5.16±0.11a 3.77±0.09b 3.01±0.05c 2.63±0.05d 0.08 < 0.001
DMI/kg LW (g/kg) 32.83±0.78a 34.29±0.79a 29.03±0.59b 28.00b 0.36 < 0.001
DMI/kg LW0.75 (g/kg) 115.84±2.27a 110.89±2.40a 92.61±1.72b 86.99±0.46c 1.27 < 0.001
CPI (g/d) 532.51±10.85a 215.06±5.34b 253.21±3.89c 134.13±2.78d 11.10 < 0.001
NDFI (g/d) 1714.25±34.93b 2064.47±50.28a 1512.01±23.26c 1542.25±30.06c 23.87 < 0.001

Values that does not share the same letters are significantly (P < 0.05) different from each other.