Table 5.
Treatments 1 | Nutrient Digestibility, % | |||||
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DM | CP | EE | CF | Ca | P | |
PC | 67.23 b | 78.38 c | 51.26 cd | 29.85 b | 71.46 c | 45.82 c |
NC | 63.71 c | 75.81 c | 48.57 d | 29.28 c | 70.18 c | 44.02 d |
PHY | 71.84 a | 84.29 b | 54.17 bc | 30.13 b | 79.67 a | 51.34 a |
PRO | 71.85 a | 88.44 a | 59.54 a | 30.80 a | 74.56 b | 48.91 b |
SC | 72.87 a | 85.77 ab | 56.57 b | 30.29 ab | 76.30 b | 50.72 a |
FA | 72.78 a | 84.96 b | 51.43 cd | 30.19 b | 72.07 c | 50.01 ab |
SEM | 1.335 | 1.492 | 1.328 | 0.235 | 0.824 | 0.590 |
p-value | ˂0.001 | ˂0.001 | ˂0.001 | 0.001 | ˂0.001 | ˂0.001 |
Contrast probability vs. NC | ||||||
PC | 0.02 | 0.11 | 0.07 | 0.03 | 0.15 | 0.01 |
PHY | ˂0.001 | ˂0.001 | 0.001 | 0.02 | ˂0.001 | ˂0.001 |
PRO | ˂0.001 | ˂0.001 | ˂0.001 | 0.002 | 0.003 | ˂0.001 |
SC | ˂0.001 | ˂0.001 | ˂0.001 | 0.008 | 0.002 | ˂0.001 |
FA | ˂0.001 | ˂0.001 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.07 | ˂0.001 |
a–d Means with no common letters within the same column varied significantly at p < 0.05.1 Treatment abbreviations see Table 2. DM, dry matter; CP, crude protein; EE, ether extract; CF, crude fiber; Ca, calcium; P, phosphorus.