Table 4.

Apparent nutrient digestibility coefficients and digestible nutrient intake of Holstein nursing bull calves fed nonmedicated milk replacer only (CON; n = 7), nonmedicated milk replacer supplemented with 3% menhaden fish oil (FAT; n = 8), or nonmedicated milk replacer with corn starch (CHO; n = 8)

	Treatments				P3
Item1	CON	CHO	FAT	SEM2	Treatment
Nutrient digestibility, g/g
DMD	0.95	0.94	0.95	0.004	0.446
OMD	0.96	0.95	0.96	0.004	0.203
CPD	0.94a	0.91b	0.93a	0.006	0.022
EED	0.95ab	0.94b	0.96a	0.005	0.038
NDFapD	0.63	0.57	0.56	0.063	0.732
NFCD	0.98	0.98	0.98	0.002	0.495
ADFD	0.70	0.62	0.69	0.047	0.465
TDND	1.02c	1.07b	1.08a	0.004	<0.001
Digestible nutrient intake, kg/day
dDM	2.99	2.75	2.93	0.14	0.449
dOM	2.66	2.44	2.62	0.12	0.433
dCP	0.61	0.55	0.60	0.03	0.338
dEE	0.45b	0.41b	0.54a	0.02	0.005
dNFC	0.72	0.74	0.72	0.04	0.874
dNDFap, g/day	0.59	0.62	0.50	0.09	0.660
dADF, g/day	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.642

¹ ADFD = acid detergent fiber digestibility; CPD = crude protein digestibility; dADF = digestible acid detergent fiber intake; dCP = digestible crude protein intake, dEE = digestible ether extract intake; dDM = digestible dry matter intake; DMD = dry matter digestibility; dOM = digestible organic matter intake; dNFC = digestible non-fibrous carbohydrate intake, dNDFap = digestible neutral detergent fiber assayed with heat stable amylase and expressed exclusive of residual ash and residual; EE= ether extract digestibility; NDFapD = digestibility of the neutral detergent fiber assayed with heat stable amylase and expressed exclusive of residual ash and residual crude protein, NFCD = nonfibrous carbohydrates digestibility; OMD = organic matter digestibility, TDND = total digestible nutrients digestibility.

² Standard error of the mean.

³ P-value, <0.1 = trend; <0.05 = significant.

^abc Means within row without common superscript differ (P ≤ 0.05).