Table 3.
Daily nutrient (kg) and energy (MJ ME) intakes and statistical differences between the experimental diets.
| Statistical Significancy (p-Values) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Haylage |
B Hay |
C Hay |
D Hay |
E Hay |
F Hay |
Diet | A | B | C | D | E | |
| Supplemental feed/Nutrient | - | - | Oats | Oats + Soya |
Oats + Rapeseed | Oats + Linseed |
SEM | vs. B and C–F |
vs. C–F |
vs. D–F |
vs. E, F |
vs. F |
| DM | 7.52 | 8.09 | 8.06 | 8.13 | 8.04 | 8.23 | 0.167 | <0.001 | 0.790 | 0.446 | 0.962 | 0.106 |
| OM | 6.96 | 7.55 | 7.54 | 7.60 | 7.49 | 7.69 | 0.160 | <0.001 | 0.694 | 0.561 | 0.900 | 0.094 |
| CP | 0.85 | 0.67 | 0.72 | 0.87 | 0.89 | 0.88 | 0.015 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.097 | 0.026 |
| dCP | 0.48 | 0.42 | 0.45 | 0.55 | 0.57 | 0.58 | 0.031 | |||||
| N | 0.14 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.003 | 0.167 | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.556 | 0.394 |
| NDF | 4.57 | 4.82 | 4.05 | 4.03 | 4.03 | 4.12 | 0.096 | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.864 | 0.490 | 0.281 |
| ADF | 2.44 | 2.61 | 2.11 | 2.11 | 2.15 | 2.17 | 0.048 | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.336 | 0.181 | 0.586 |
| Ash | 0.46 | 0.48 | 0.42 | 0.44 | 0.45 | 0.45 | 0.009 | 0.145 | <0.001 | 0.005 | 0.118 | 0.620 |
| ME MJ | 76.4 | 79.1 | 84.0 | 85.2 | 85.9 | 97.4 | 0.43 | - | - | - | - | - |
DM = dry matter; OM = organic matter; CP = crude protein; dCP = digestible crude protein; N = nitrogen; NDF = neutral detergent fibre; ADF = acid detergent fibre; ME MJ = metabolizable energy in megajoule; n = 24, except n = 23 for CP.