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Table 3.

Dry matter (DM) and organic matter (OM) disappearance in the rumen at various incubation times in crossbred beef steers.¹

Item²	CC	YP	WP	PP	RB	CW	CM	CV, %
DM disappearance, %
a	61.5^a	47.4^b	37.7^c	28.5^d	20.7^e	19.7^e	17.4^f	2.8
b	37.8^e	50.2^d	59.5^c	69.0^a	66.8^b	58.9^c	64.3^b	2.0
c	0.23^a	0.21^b	0.16^c	0.20^b	0.05^e	0.13^d	0.06^e	10.4
a + b	99.3^a	97.6^ab	97.5^ab	97.2^b	87.5^c	78.6^e	81.7^d	0.9
Effective degradability, %	92.5^a	87.9^b	87.9^b	87.8^c	63.6^c	63.0^c	59.3^d	1.6
OM disappearance, %
a	65.0^a	60.4^b	45.3^c	39.8^d	25.0^e	18.4^f	24.1^e	2.3
b	34.4^e	38.4^b	53.1^c	58.7^b	67.4^a	66.6^a	59.5^b	1.6
c	0.26^a	0.24^a	0.18^b	0.22^a	0.05^c	0.13^c	0.07^d	12.6
a + b	99.4^a	98.8^a	98.5^a	98.4^a	92.4^c	85.1^c	83.6^d	1.0
Effective degradability, %	93.4^a	89.8^b	98.4^b	88.1^c	65.8^d	66.9^d	63.3^e	0.7

CC = cassava chip; YP = yellow sweet potato; WP = white sweet potato; PP = purple sweet potato; RB = rice bran; CW = cassava waste; CM = cornmeal; CV = coefficient of variation.

^a-f Within rows values not sharing common superscripts are significantly different (P < 0.05).

Source: Chanjula et al. (2003).

a, the gas production from the immediately soluble fraction; b, the gas production from the insoluble fraction; c, the gas production rate constant for the insoluble fraction (b); a + b, the gas potential extent of gas production.