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. 2019 Jun 12;9(6):343. doi: 10.3390/ani9060343

Table 4.

In situ rumen degradability of dry matter (DM) and crude protein (CP) after 16 h of incubation, in vitro intestinal digestibility of CP (IDCP), and total CP digestibility of tomato pomace samples taken from two processing plants at weekly intervals during the tomato harvesting campaign.

Item Sampling Time (Weeks) Average SEM 1 p-Value
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.