Table 4.
Item | Treatmentsa | SEM | P-value | ||
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CON | BS | CS | |||
Daily intake of dietsb | |||||
Oat hay, kg | 1.09 | 1.12 | 0.98 | 0.039 | 0.169 |
Block, g | 19.8 | ||||
Concentrate, g | 185 | ||||
Daily intake of chemical compositionc | |||||
DM, kg/d | 0.96 | 1.07 | 1.17 | 0.041 | 0.112 |
DEd, MJ/d | 9.94c | 11.07b | 12.89a | 0.390 | 0.001 |
CP, kg/d | 0.10c | 0.12b | 0.14a | 0.011 | 0.007 |
ADF, kg/d | 0.42 | 0.43 | 0.40 | 0.020 | 0.357 |
NDF, kg/d | 0.68 | 0.70 | 0.65 | 0.021 | 0.453 |
a,b,cMeans in same row with different superscripts are different from each other (P < 0.05).
aTreatments: CON = control (no supplements); BS = supplemented with urea-molasses lick block; CS = supplemented with concentrate.
bDaily intake of diets were expressed as DM basis.
cDaily intake of chemical composition of DE, CP, ADF, and NDF were expressed as DM basis.
dDE = digestible energy, was a calculated value from the Feeding Standard of Meat-producing Sheep and Goats of China, NY/T 816-2004 (Ministry of Agriculture, MOA, PRC, 2004).