Table 4.
Effect of the diet on FCS and apparent nutrient digestibility in the trial (%).1
| Item | Groups 2 |
SEM | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CTR | GF | |||
| FCS, score 1 to 7 | 2.58 | 2.72 | 0.07 | 0.266 |
| Apparent digestibility, %3 | ||||
| Protein | 77.2b | 85.3a | 1.44 | 0.002 |
| Fat | 90.67b | 96.62a | 0.49 | <0.0001 |
| DM | 79.83 | 79.57 | 1.70 | 0.921 |
| OM | 84.94 | 87.29 | 1.21 | 0.233 |
FCS = faecal consistency score; DM = dry matter; OM = organic matter.
a, b Within a row, means with different superscript letters were significantly different (P < 0.05).
1
Values are least square means (LSM) ± standard error of the mean (SEM).
2
GF: grain free diet without grain cereals; CTR: control diet with conventional grain cereals.
3
Apparent nutrient digestibility = 100 × (Nutrient intake [g/d] − Faecal output [g/d])/Nutrient intake (g/d).