Table 6.
Nutrient content of Longissimus dorsi of cattle offered alternative corn silage-based diets
| Items | Treatment | p-value | |||
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| WPCS | WPCSW | CS | SCS | ||
| Moisture (% of fresh matter) | 71.40±3.78 | 74.37±3.77 | 76.52±3.61 | 74.53±3.35 | 0.210 |
| Crude protein (% of dry matter) | 21.39±2.47 | 19.75±2.65 | 18.86±2.74 | 19.26±2.32 | 0.442 |
| Ether extract (% of dry matter) | 6.24±3.49 | 4.92±1.41 | 3.86±1.12 | 5.49±1.57 | 0.368 |
| Organic compound (% of dry matter) | 27.57±3.74 | 24.70±3.63 | 22.56±3.47 | 24.60±3.26 | 0.207 |
| Ca (% of dry matter) | 0.04±0.01 | 0.03±0.01 | 0.03±0.01 | 0.03±0.01 | 0.900 |
| P (% of dry matter) | 0.03±0.01 | 0.04±0.01 | 0.04±0.01 | 0.04±0.01 | 0.768 |
WPCS, whole plant corn silage-based diet; WPCSW, mixed forages-based diet was formulated by substituting a portion of whole plant corn silage with wheat straw; SCS, sweet corn stalklage-based diet; CS, corn stalklage-based diet.