Table 5.

Energy contents of dry EESBM and heat-treated EESBM, kcal/kg (DM basis)

Item	EESBM	Heat-EESBM1	SE	P-value
Energy content
DE	4,591	4,222	65.8	0.003
ME	4,099	3,692	123.9	0.043
NE	3,189	3,234	179.8	0.861
Energy efficiency
DE:GE	0.92	0.84	0.013	0.002
ME:DE	0.89	0.87	0.019	0.529
NE:DE	0.69	0.76	0.036	0.196
NE:ME	0.78	0.88	0.038	0.097

¹Heat-EESBM, EESBM was autoclaved at 121 °C for 60 min.