Table 3.
Ruminal pH, intake and nutrient digestibility of sheep fed diets containing babassu or buriti oil.
| Item 1 | Diets 2 | SEM 3 | p-Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CON | BAO | BUO | |||
| Dry matter | |||||
| Intake (g/day) | |||||
| Dry matter | 1068 a | 804 b | 977 a | 40.1 | 0.014 |
| Crude protein | 201 a | 154 b | 181 a | 7.3 | 0.024 |
| NDF | 382 a | 280 b | 337 a | 14.7 | 0.008 |
| Total CHO | 785 a | 563 b | 690 a | 30.7 | 0.005 |
| NF-CHO | 402 a | 284 b | 353 a | 16.1 | 0.004 |
| uuME (MJ/d) | 28.4 | 23.7 | 26.2 | 0.95 | 0.118 |
| Apparent digestibility (g/kg) | |||||
| Dry matter | 727 | 753 | 752 | 11.0 | 0.507 |
| Crude protein | 725 | 777 | 754 | 13.8 | 0.216 |
| NDF | 578 | 598 | 630 | 17.1 | 0.490 |
| Total CHO | 750 | 759 | 777 | 10.6 | 0.590 |
| NF-CHO | 905 | 924 | 927 | 7.8 | 0.464 |
| Rumen pH | 5.81 b | 5.50 c | 6.02 a | 0.081 | <0.001 |
Means within a row with different superscripts are significantly different (p < 0.05); 1 NDF: Neutral detergent fiber; CHO: carbohydrate; NF-CHO: non fibrous carbohydrate; ME: metabolizable energy; 2 CON = diet without added oil; BAO = 40 g/kg DM of babassu oil; BUO = 40 g/kg DM of buriti oil; 3 SEM = Standard error of the mean.