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. 2018 Nov 21;96(11):4835–4844. doi: 10.1093/jas/sky298

Table 4.

Ruminal degradation kinetics and effective degradability of nutrients of 6 roughages

	Roughage
Item	MC	DG	SMS	SRSP	CPP	RS	SEM¹	P value
a, %
DM	1.03^a	9.47^b	−11.92^c	25.07^d	5.97^e	0.02^f	4.228	<0.001
CP	34.89^a	39.82^b	25.02^b	33.60^a	−0.56^c	8.31^d	5.584	<0.001
NDF	3.10^a	6.76^b	−10.01^c	33.70^d	−14.98^e	0.03^f	5.892	<0.001
ADF	0.00^a	5.45^b	−5.90^c	30.68^d	12.43^e	5.54^b	4.375	<0.001
b, %
DM	37.88^a	25.19^b	62.58^b	37.78^a	93.56^d	35.05^a	8.702	<0.001
CP	45.44^a	48.40^b	25.90^b	15. 56^c	00.04^d	36.51^e	10.171	<0.001
NDF	37.97^a	17.10^b	55.47^cd	51.28^c	113.61^e	59.63^df	11.120	<0.001
ADF	45.88^a	12.48^b	50.92^a	48.48^a	111.34^c	31.51^d	11.477	<0.001
c,h^-1
DM	0.034^a	0.60^b	0.055^b	0.020^c	0.023^c	0.041^d	0.006	<0.001
CP	0.044^a	0.65^b	0.023^cd	0.050^e	0.020^df	0.026^c	0.006	<0.001
NDF	0.036^a	0.027^b	0.052^c	0.017^d	0.022^be	0.049^cf	0.005	<0.001
ADF	0.046^a	0.60^b	0.043^ac	0.018^d	0.020^de	0.35^cf	0.006	<0.001
ED, %
DM	20.90^a	26.10^b	28.15^b	39.84^c	46.02^d	20.20^ae	3.633	<0.001
CP	61.57^a	72.65^b	36.00^b	43.22^c	38.19b^c	24.97^d	6.103	<0.001
NDF	23.58^a	14.79^b	24.72^b	51.79^c	31.80^d	35.56^d	4.388	<0.001
ADF	27.48^a	13.67^b	23.54^ac	48.68^d	55.83^d	22.34^c	5.706	<0.001

^a-eWithin a row, means with uncommon superscripts differ (P < 0.05).

¹SEM = standard error of the mean.