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Table 3. Nutrient intake, digestibility, growth, and FCR estimation of buffalo bulls.

Parameters	Treatments			SED	Sig.
Parameters	T₁	T₂	T₃	SED	Sig.
DMI (kg/day)	8.07	7.12	6.15	0.50	NS
DMI (kg; % LW)	2.65^a	2.34^b	2.00^c	0.03	^***
OMI (kg/day)	7.11	6.60	5.62	0.42	NS
CPI (kg/day)	1.03^a	0.89^ac	0.75^bc	0.06	^*
ADFI (kg/day)	2.49	2.75	2.43	0.19	NS
NDFI (kg/day)	4.25	4.45	4.25	0.32	NS
DDMI (kg/day)	5.18^a	4.57^ac	3.98^bc	0.25	^*
DOMI (kg/day)	4.82	4.39	3.75	0.30	NS
DCPI (kg/day)	0.69^a	0.60^ac	0.51^bc	0.04	^*
DM digestibility	64.07	64.19	65.08	0.61	NS
OM digestibility	67.72	66.49	66.96	0.59	NS
CP digestibility.	66.62	66.87	67.79	0.64	NS
ADF digestibility	54.44^b	58.73^b	65.97^a	1.29	^***
NDF digestibility	60.97^b	64.78^bc	70.35^ac	1.54	^*
Initial LW(kg)	259.20	256.60	257.80	20.82	NS
Final LW (kg)	346.77	346.80	333.24	24.43	NS
ADG (kg)	0.97	1.00	0.84	0.05	NS
FCR	8.35^a	7.10^bc	7.24^ac	0.32	^*

Means within columns bearing different superscripts differ significantly.

NS = Non significant; DMI = Dry matter intake; OMI = Organic matter intake; CPI = Crude protein Intake; ADFI = Acid detergent fiber intake; NDFI = Neutral detergent fiber intake; DDMI = Digestible dry matter intake; DOMI = Digestible organic matter intake; DCPI = Digestible crude protein Intake; ADG = Average daily gain; FCR = Feed conversion ratio.

p < 0.05;

^***

p < 0.001;