Table 1.

Chemical composition of experimental feeds with nutrient digestibility.

Item	LS	LSTMR	ALS	ALSTMR
Chemical composition, % on dry matter basis
Organic matter	91.6	93.5	91.6	93.4
Crude protein	9.2	9.2	14.1	12.8
Ether extract	3.0	3.7	3.0	3.7
Crude fibre	39.6	29.3	31.5	23.9
Nitrogen free extract	39.9	51.3	43.0	53.0
Ca	1.1	0.82	1.1	0.83
P	0.11	0.19	0.11	0.18
Digestibility coefficients, %
Dry matter**	55.7 ± 2.1a	65.5 ± 2.6b	56.7 ± 0.64a	67.6 ± 2.2b
Organic matter**	57.5 ± 2.1a	67.4 ± 2.5b	58.7 ± 0.73a	68.1 ± 2.0b
Crude protein*	59.6 ± 3.5b	64.2 ± 2.7b	51.4 ± 1.4a	58.0 ± 3.1ab
Ether extract	72.8 ± 2.3	72.5 ± 3.6	71.7 ± 3.9	72.5 ± 8.8
Nitrogen free extract**	61.3 ± 2.2a	76.7 ± 1.9b	67.9 ± 0.64a	80.8 ± 1.8b
Neutral detergent fibre**	37.0 ± 3.0a	46.1 ± 3.7a	54.6 ± 1.3b	61.5 ± 2.7b
Acid detergent fibre**	33.6 ± 2.9a	34.2 ± 5.4a	51.0 ± 1.0b	55.5 ± 2.6b

LS = lentil straw; LSTMR = LS based total mixed ration; ALS = ammoniated LS; ALSTMR = ALS based total mixed ration.

^a,b Within a row, means without a common uppercase superscript differ. *: P < 0.05 or **: P < 0.01.