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Table 4.

Weight changes, feed digestibility and feed efficiency values of the different feed treatments

	Treatment			SEM	P value
	RS	MIX	CS	SEM	P value
Animal weight change
Initial BW (kg)	131^a	130^a	138^a	5.6	0.684^ns
Final BW (kg)	142^b	162^b	206^a	12	0.010**
Total BW gain (kg)	11.2^c	32.2^b	67.8^a	8.62	0.001**
ADG (g/day)	133^c	383^b	808^a	103	< 0.001**
Feed digestibility (%)
DM digestibility (%)	74.7^a	77.5^a	74.7^a	0.93	0.488^ns
CP digestibility (%)	56.9^b	64.7^a	56.8^b	1.35	0.003**
DDM (%)	43.0^b	57.6^a	55.8^a	2.39	0.005**
TDN (%)	42.2^b	56.1^a	57.7^a	2.52	0.002**
Feed efficiency value
FCE	0.04^c	0.08^b	0.13^a	0.01	< 0.001**
FCR	26.0^a	13.3^ab	7.6^b	3.27	0.049*
RFV	102^b	230^a	262^a	26	0.003**
RFQ	46.9^b	56.4^a	60.0^a	2.06	0.002**

Means with different superscript letters in each parameter are significantly different

RS 100% rice straw, MIX 50% rice straw + 50% corn silage, CS 100% corn silage, SEM standard error of mean, BW body weight, ADG average daily gain, DDM digestible dry matter, TDN total digestible nutrient, FCE feed conversion efficiency, FCR feed conversion ratio, RFV relative feed value, RFQ relative feed quality

^nsNot significant at P > 0.05, *significance level at P ≤ 0.05, **significance level at P ≤ 0.01