Table 1.
Nutritional characteristics | CTR* | GF1 | GF2 | CB | RMSE |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Crude Protein | 240 | 363A | 316B | 317B | 19.1 |
Total fat | 100 | 185 | 193 | 194 | 51.5 |
Crude Fiber | 38.0 | 23.0 | 23.7 | 24.7 | 9.41 |
Ash | 99.0 | 65.0a | 60.0b | 60.3b | 20.3 |
Metabolizable Energy* | 3,200 | 3,999 | 3,990 | 3,997 | 140 |
*Chemical composition of control diet as reported in the label; GF1, grain-free diet 1; GF2, grain-free diet 2; CB, cereal based diet; along the row the capital letters indicate differences for P < 0.01 and P < 0.001; lowercase indicated differences for P < 0.05. RMSE, root mean square error. The statistical comparison was performed between GF1, GF2, and CB diets. *ME, calculated according to the predictive equation indicated by NRC 2006 (6).