Table 4.
Item | Sampling Time (Weeks) | Average | SEM 1 | p-Value | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
In situ degradability of DM (g/kg) | 540 b | 523 ab | 530 ab | 488 a | 492 a | 489 a | 510 | 11.0 | 0.005 |
In situ degradability of CP (g/kg) | 563 | 515 | 492 | 511 | 502 | 478 | 510 | 26.6 | 0.344 |
IDCP (g/kg) | 450 | 430 | 467 | 466 | 475 | 467 | 459 | 19.0 | 0.593 |
Total CP digestibility (g/kg) | 761 | 730 | 726 | 739 | 741 | 722 | 737 | 10.7 | 0.190 |
ab Within each parameter, mean values with different superscripts differ (p < 0.05). 1 SEM: Standard error of the mean.