. 2018 Feb 17;4(2):215–221. doi: 10.1016/j.aninu.2018.01.009

Table 2.

Feed intake, daily gain, feed efficiency and nutrient digestibility in buffalo calves fed diets with increasing proportion of concentrate.

Item	Diets¹
Item	C20	C40	C60
Dry matter intake (DMI), kg/d	4.65 ± 0.275	4.66 ± 0.296	4.93 ± 0.324
DMI per kg metabolic body weight, g/kg W^0.75	94.4 ± 1.73	93 ± 2.023	96.4 ± 2.563
Crude protein intake, kg/d	0.37 ± 0.024^a	0.53 ± 0.035^b	0.70 ± 0.052^c
Digestible crude protein intake, kg/d	0.21 ± 0.012^a	0.33 ± 0.029^b	0.47 ± 0.037^c
Total digestible nutrient intake, kg/d	2.51 ± 0.146^a	2.92 ± 0.181^ab	3.47 ± 0.231^b
Average daily gain, kg/d	0.47 ± 0.023^a	0.53 ± 0.035^ab	0.63 ± 0.053^b
Feed conversion efficiency, g gain/kg DMI	101 ± 5.714^a	114 ± 6.962^a	128 ± 2.308^b
Nutrient digestibility, %
Dry matter	58.3 ± 0.593^a	62.2 ± 0.824^b	66.3 ± 1.165^c
Organic matter	63.4 ± 0.572^a	65.9 ± 1.053^ab	68.2 ± 1.081^b
Crude protein	67.9 ± 0.750^a	72.6 ± 2.347^b	73.5 ± 1.481^b
Ether extract	68.5 ± 1.061	70.0 ± 1.023	72.2 ± 0.155
Neutral detergent fiber	50.3 ± 1.346	46.8 ± 1.142	44.7 ± 2.052
Acid detergent fiber	49.8 ± 1.192^b	46.0 ± 0.580^a	41.7 ± 1.541^a

^{a, b, c} Means bearing different superscripts in the same row differ significantly (P < 0.05); number of animals sampled in each group (n = 5).

C20, 20:60:20 maize:wheat straw:concentrate; C40, 20:40:40 maize:wheat straw:concentrate; C60, 10:30:60 maize:wheat straw:concentrate.