. 2017 Oct 1;8:78. doi: 10.1186/s40104-017-0209-x

Table 5.

Intake according to amount of supplement fed to cows in the last third of gestation

Item^a	Treatment^b				SEM	P-value^c
Item^a	3.0 kg	1.5 kg	1.0 kg	0.0 kg	SEM	L	Q	C
Intake per day, kg/d
Forage DM	5.56	5.69	6.00	5.61	0.72	0.96	0.73	0.86
DM	8.03	6.92	6.82	5.61	0.72	0.05	0.94	0.15
DM digested	4.00	2.97	2.76	2.08	0.45	0.01	0.67	0.08
Forage OM	5.11	5.26	5.55	5.22	0.65	0.90	0.72	0.89
OM	7.51	6.46	6.35	5.22	0.65	0.05	0.95	0.15
OM digested	4.03	3.01	2.83	2.13	0.41	0.01	0.68	0.06
Forage apNDF	3.70	3.89	4.11	3.85	0.48	0.83	0.66	0.94
apNDF	4.11	4.09	4.25	3.85	0.48	0.72	0.71	0.68
iNDF	1.56	1.69	1.71	1.60	0.19	0.88	0.53	0.95
CP, g/d	882	613	556	359	58.8	<0.01	0.48	<0.01
Intake per kg BW, g/kg BW
Forage DM	9.95	9.78	10.15	9.58	1.22	0.84	0.88	0.77
DM	14.35	11.92	11.53	9.58	1.23	0.03	0.85	0.12
DM digested	7.16	5.09	4.68	3.55	0.77	0.01	0.54	0.07
Forage OM	9.14	9.05	9.39	8.92	1.12	0.89	0.87	0.81
OM	13.42	11.13	10.74	8.92	1.13	0.03	0.84	0.12
OM digested	5.06	4.74	4.75	6.25	0.95	0.24	0.20	0.39
Forage apNDF	6.64	6.70	6.94	6.59	0.84	0.97	0.81	0.87
apNDF	7.36	7.05	7.17	6.59	0.84	0.54	0.88	0.61
iNDF	2.81	2.93	2.87	2.74	0.33	0.89	0.70	0.99

^aDM – dry matter; OM – organic matter; apNDF – neutral detergent fiber corrected for ash and protein residue; iNDF – indigestible neutral detergent fiber; CP – crude protein

^bTreatments: 3.0 kg – cows received 3.0 kg of concentrate daily; 1.5 kg – cows received 1.5 kg of concentrate daily; 1.0 kg – cows received 1.0 kg of concentrate daily; and 0.0 kg – no concentrate supplement was fed

^cL, Q and C – effects of linear, quadratic and cubic order of level of supplementation