Table 6. In situ ruminal degradation parameters and effective dry matter ruminal degradability.

Parameter	Treatment1)			SEM	p-value
	Ground	Flake_62	Flake_66		Overall	Ground vs. Flake
Factor2)
A	45.5a	3.2b	2.3b	1.17	0.002	0.001
B	44.3	71.8	63.2	7.15	0.117	0.066
kd	0.14	0.06	0.08	0.021	0.204	0.114
Effective degradability3)
0.04	79.6a	46.3b	44.1b	3.51	0.007	0.003
0.06	76.1a	39.2b	38.1b	2.73	0.003	0.002
0.08	73.3a	34.1b	33.6b	2.20	0.002	0.001

¹⁾Ground, ground corn; Flake_(% gelatinization).

²⁾A, soluble fraction (% DM); B, slowly degradable fraction (% DM); kd, fractional rate of degradation (h⁻¹).

³⁾Effective ruminal degradability when fractional rate of passage is 0.04 h⁻¹, 0.06 h⁻¹, and 0.08 h⁻¹, respectively.

^a,bMeans that do not have common superscript differ (p < 0.05).

DM, dry matter.