Table 3.
Analyzed chemical composition of the experiment diets (%, as fed basis).
| Parameter | 0% Hulless barley |
73% Hulless barley |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0% BGase | 0.01% BGase | 0.1% BGase | 0% BGase | 0.01% BGase | 0.1% BGase | |
| Dry matter | 93.4 | 93.3 | 93.5 | 93.8 | 94.5 | 94.2 |
| Total starch | 41.0 | 39.6 | 39.0 | 35.4 | 34.4 | 35.1 |
| Crude protein | 16.5 | 16.8 | 17.1 | 16.9 | 17.9 | 18.3 |
| Ether extract | 1.6 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
| Ash | 7.9 | 9.4 | 9.0 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 9.3 |
| Total dietary fiber | 25.1 | 26.4 | 26.2 | 27.6 | 28.4 | 29.4 |
| Insoluble dietary fiber | 21.3 | 22.8 | 23.3 | 20.4 | 19.7 | 22.3 |
| Soluble dietary fiber | 3.8 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 7.1 | 8.6 | 7.0 |
| Total β-glucan | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 5.3 | 5.8 | 6.0 |