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Table 6.

The effects of physical forms of ration on the chewing activity (min/day) in lambs.

Item	Experimental diets (different physical forms)			SEM	P-value
Item	Complete feed mash	Complete feed pellet	Complete feed block	SEM	P-value
Chewing	524.25^ab	402.00^b	622.00^a	49.22	0.01
Eating	282.25^ab	215.00^b	318.25^a	25.49	0.04
Ruminating	242.00^b	187.00^b	303.75^a	24.38	0.01
Chewing per kilogram DMI	422.78^a	312.72^b	469.43^a	23.49	0.02
Eating per kilogram DMI	227.62^b	167.25^b	240.19^a	10.72	0.03
Ruminating per kilogram DMI	195.16^a	145.47^b	229.24^a	11.57	0.03
Chewing per kilogram NDFI	843.18	639.72	918.62	78.28	0.20
Eating per kilogram NDFI	453.96	342.14	470.01	40.15	0.20
Ruminating per kilogram NDFI	389.22	297.58	448.60	45.62	0.08
Chewing per kilogram ADFI	3,043.96^a	2,132.62^b	2,929.82^ab	282.33	0.04
Eating per kilogram ADFI	1,639.53^a	1,140.58^b	1,499.06^ab	148.91	0.04
Ruminating per kilogram ADFI	1,406.98^a	992.04^b	1,430.76^a	117.62	0.03

SEM = standard error of means; DMI = dry matter intake; NDFI = neutral detergent fiber intake; ADFI = acid detergent fiber intake.

^a,b Means with different superscripts in the same row differ significantly (P < 0.05).