Table 9.
Intake of nutrients and live weight (LW) gain of bulls.
| Item | VWP in concentrate, % DM |
SEM |
P– value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 10 | 20 | 30 | |||
| DM from German grass, kg/d | 2.07 | 2.03 | 2.12 | 2.19 | 0.22 | 0.614 |
| DM from concentrate, kg/d | 0.96 | 1.00 | 0.98 | 1.01 | 0.20 | 0.970 |
| Dietary DM, kg/d | 3.03 | 3.03 | 3.09 | 3.2 | 0.41 | 0.866 |
| Dietary DM, % LW | 3.10 | 3.09 | 3.20 | 3.14 | 0.27 | 0.686 |
| DM from concentrate, % LW | 0.97 | 1.01 | 1.00 | 0.98 | 0.04 | 0.497 |
| DM from German grass, % LW | 2.16 | 2.08 | 2.21 | 2.16 | 0.26 | 0.749 |
| DM, g/kg W0.75 | 98 | 97 | 100 | 99 | 4.52 | 0.664 |
| OM, kg/d | 2.79 | 2.71 | 2.78 | 2.87 | 0.36 | 0.874 |
| CP, g/d | 365 | 356 | 359 | 368 | 52.79 | 0.982 |
| NDF, kg/d | 1.87 | 1.87 | 1.98 | 2.13 | 0.25 | 0.238 |
| ADF, kg/d | 0.97 | 0.92 | 0.93 | 0.99 | 0.12 | 0.744 |
| Initial LW, kg | 84.3 | 85.6 | 84.2 | 87.8 | 18.9 | 0.986 |
| Final LW, kg/d | 111.2 | 112.4 | 111.9 | 118.4 | 21.49 | 0.617 |
| Total gain, kg | 26.9 | 26.7 | 27.8 | 30.6 | 6.95 | 0.499 |
| LW gain, g/d | 302 | 300 | 312 | 344 | 78.13 | 0.499 |
VWP = processed vegetable waste; DM = dry matter; SEM = standard error of the mean; OM = organic matter; CP = crude protein; NDF = neutral detergent fiber; ADF = acid detergent fiber.