. 2022 Aug 25;13:950587. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.950587

Table 3.

Effects of different contents of peNDF_>1.18 in diets on apparent nutrient digestibility in goats.

Item	Dietary peNDF _>1.18¹					SEM	p -value
	32.97%	29.93%	28.14%	26.48%	24.75%
Intake (g)
peNDF_>8.00	107.53^a	69.27^b	51.37^c	22.35^d	9.41^e	5.14	< 0.001
peNDF_>1.18	223.54^a	210.71^b	207.39^b	220.05^ab	173.75^c	8.93	< 0.001
Apparent nutrient digestibility (%)
Dry matter	66.07^a	64.38^ab	68.03^a	65.00^a	53.07^b	1.71	0.019
Organic matter	72.80^a	71.11^ab	78.90^a	68.04^ab	59.00^b	2.03	0.006
Crude protein	64.14^b	63.25^b	73.06^a	63.56^b	62.29^b	1.89	0.016
Neutral detergent fiber	63.53^ab	67.83^a	67.82^a	53.33^b	39.92^c	3.84	< 0.001
Acid detergent fiber	65.90^a	63.29^ab	70.10^a	53.89^b	42.37^c	3.61	< 0.001

Different dietary peNDF_>1.18 (particle size >1.18 mm) contents of 32.97, 29.93, 28.14, 26.48, and 24.75% were obtained by chopping or crusher crushing the forage into the following lengths: long (7 cm), medium (4 cm), short (1 cm), fine (5 mm sieve), very fine (1 mm sieve).

Different letters^a−c denote p < 0.05.