Table 5.
Effect of feeding frequency on apparent total tract nutrient digestibility (%) of geese.1
| Parameter | Feeding schedule |
SEM | P-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ad libitum | 3 times daily | 4 times daily | 5 times daily | |||
| Dry matter | 69.93 | 72.83 | 71.57 | 70.34 | 0.62 | 0.299 |
| Crude protein | 45.77 | 52.91 | 50.16 | 42.91 | 1.73 | 0.186 |
| Crude ash | 19.11 | 24.98 | 21.69 | 19.90 | 1.59 | 0.591 |
| Calcium | 21.14 | 22.14 | 21.23 | 19.66 | 1.45 | 0.971 |
| Phosphorous | 22.38 | 26.41 | 25.19 | 20.22 | 1.79 | 0.718 |
| Ether extract | 88.24 | 87.97 | 87.18 | 88.02 | 0.69 | 0.959 |
1
Data are mean of 12 replicates (1 bird per replicate).