Table 3.
Dry matter and nutrient intake, and performance of lambs fed maize TMR or buckwheat TMR
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| M | B | M | B | M | B | P | R | P×R | ||
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| Dry matter | 817 | 854 | 902 | 958 | 921 | 1029 | 34.0 | 0.020 | 0.001 | 0.571 |
| Dry matter (g DM/100 g LW) | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 0.13 | 0.014 | 0.037 | 0.830 |
| Organic matter | 774 | 758 | 855 | 850 | 873 | 913 | 31.4 | 0.793 | 0.793 | 0.647 |
| Crude protein | 123 | 131 | 136 | 147 | 139 | 158 | 5.2 | 0.001 | 0.005 | 0.553 |
| Performance | ||||||||||
| LWG (g/d) | 186 | 185 | 174 | 184 | 174 | 176 | 12.9 | 0.704 | 0.725 | 0.916 |
| FCR | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 6.2 | 0.48 | 0.029 | 0.514 | 0.869 |
TMR, total mixed rations; SEM, standard error of the mean; DM, dry matter; LW, live weigh; LWG, live weigh gain; FCR, feed conversion ratio (g DMI/g LWG); DMI, dry matter intake.
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M: maize TMR; B: Buckwheat TMR.