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. 2017 Jun 27;31(4):522–528. doi: 10.5713/ajas.17.0296

Table 3.

Dry matter and nutrient intake, and performance of lambs fed maize TMR or buckwheat TMR

Periods (P)×TMR (R)1) SEM p value

1 2 3




M B M B M B P R P×R
Intake (g/d)
 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.