. 2018 Apr 12;31(10):1619–1626. doi: 10.5713/ajas.17.0926

Table 3.

Effect of fungal treated oil palm frond (FTOPF) on apparent digestibility and estimated energy intake of goats

Item	FTOPF level (%)¹⁾				SEM

	0	33	67	100
Digestibility (%)
DM	63.44^b	71.56^a	70.75^a	70.59^a	0.99
OM	65.06^b	72.92^a	72.23^a	72.31^a	0.96
CP	64.95^b	75.14^a	74.37^a	73.79^a	1.81
NDF	55.21^b	66.00^a	64.11^a	61.81^a	1.29
ADF	34.23^b	49.09^a	46.46^a	48.83^a	2.69
ADL	20.67^b	38.15^a	33.88^a	31.28^a	2.40
Estimated energy intake²⁾
ME (Mcal/d)	2.56	3.14	2.96	2.82	0.15
ME (Mcal/kg DM)	2.31^b	2.58^a	2.56^a	2.56^a	0.03

SEM, standard error of the means (n = 4); DM, dry matter; OM, organic matter; CP, crude protein; NDF, neutral detergent fiber; ADF, acid detergent fiber; ADL, acid detergent lignin; ME, metabolizable energy; OPF, oil palm frond.

¹⁾

Level of FTOPF in diets: 0%, 33%, 67%, and 100% replacement of OPF with FTOPF.

²⁾

1 kg DOM = 3.8 Mcal ME/kg [30].

^a,b

Mean within rows followed with different superscript letters are statistically different (p<0.05).