Table 2.
Chemical composition (% of DM) of diets containing or not containing artichoke by-products (plant and outer bracts) in the Experiment 1 (12.5% inclusion) and Experiment 2 (25% inclusion).
| Diets | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Experiment 1 | Experiment 2 | |||||
| Items (% in Dry Material) | CD-1 | ABD-1 | APD-1 | CD-2 | ABD-2 | APD-2 |
| Dry matter | 89.36 | 59.96 | 70.64 | 89.36 | 45.18 | 59.22 |
| Crude protein | 16.01 | 16.02 | 16.02 | 16.01 | 16.01 | 16.00 |
| Crude Fibre | 19.62 | 19.15 | 18.67 | 19.62 | 19.22 | 17.83 |
| Neutral detergent fibre | 37.83 | 38.52 | 38.07 | 37.83 | 39.81 | 38.32 |
| Acid detergent fibre | 24.32 | 24.84 | 24.26 | 24.32 | 25.97 | 24.22 |
| Acid detergent lignine | 5.65 | 4.32 | 4.24 | 5.65 | 3.30 | 2.93 |
| Ash | 7.24 | 7.08 | 7.70 | 7.24 | 7.38 | 8.42 |
| Ether extract | 4.65 | 4.85 | 5.05 | 4.65 | 4.89 | 5.32 |
| MFU (MFU/kg DM) | 0.92 | 0.94 | 0.92 | 0.92 | 0.95 | 0.91 |
DM: dry matter; CD-1: control diet in experiment 1; ABD-1: artichoke bracts diet in experiment 1; APD-1: artichoke plant diet in experiment 1; CD-2: control diet in experiment 2; ABD-2: artichoke bracts diet in experiment 2; APD-2: artichoke plant diet in experiment 2.