Table 2.

Nutrient intake and nutritive values of lentil straw based rations fed to kids.

Item	LS	LSTMR	ALS	ALSTMR
Nutrients intake, g/kg W0.75
Dry matter	56.6 ± 4.7a	80.3 ± 3.1b	79.5 ± 4.2b	90.6 ± 1.7b
Digestible crude protein	3.1 ± 0.25a	4.8 ± 0.18b	5.8 ± 0.30c	6.8 ± 0.12d
Total digestible nutrients	31.4 ± 2.6a	53.7 ± 2.1bc	45.1 ± 2.4b	62.1 ± 1.2c
Nutritive value, %
Digestible crude protein	5.5 ± 0.27a	5.9 ± 0.25a	7.3 ± 0.2b	7.5 ± 0.4b
Total digestible nutrients	55.5 ± 2.0a	66.9 ± 2.4b	56.8 ± 0.61a	68.5 ± 1.8b

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

^a,b,c,d Within a row, means without a common uppercase superscript differ (P < 0.01).