Table 5.

Effect of probiotic, prebiotic, and synbiotic on nutrients intake (kg/d) and digestibility coefficients (%) in crossbred calves during digestion trial

Particulars	T0	T1	T2	T3
DMI	2.12 ± 0.24	2.30 ± 0.05	2.19 ± 0.07	2.37 ± 0.12
Digestibility of DM	67.86 ± 0.46b	72.32 ± 1.26a	70.06 ± 1.19ab	72.76 ± 1.13a
CP intake	0.35 ± 0.04	0.38 ± 0.01	0.39 ± 0.02	0.39 ± 0.02
Digestibility of CP	73.74 ± 0.31	77.34 ± 1.01	77.24 ± 2.72	77.78 ± 0.89
EE intake	0.07 ± 0.01	0.07 ± 0.00	0.08 ± 0.01	0.08 ± 0.00
Digestibility of EE	75.10 ± 0.29	78.52 ± 0.96	78.41 ± 2.57	78.94 ± 0.84
CF intake	0.39 ± 0.05	0.43 ± 0.01	0.43 ± 0.01	0.44 ± 0.02
Digestibility of CF	47.05 ± 1.44	54.59 ± 2.18	52.99 ± 3.99	54.89 ± 2.12
OM intake	1.91 ± 0.21	2.08 ± 0.05	2.18 ± 0.14	2.15 ± 0.105
Digestibility of OM	68.70 ± 0.44	73.04 ± 1.22	73.01 ± 3.33	73.47 ± 1.10

Means bearing different superscripts in a row differ significantly (P<0.05). T₀: Control group, basal diet without any additive; T₁: Probiotic group, basal diet + Lactobacillus acidophilus @ 1 g/calf per day (2 × 10¹⁰ cfu/g); T₂: Prebiotic group, basal diet + Mannan oligosaccharide @ 4 g/calf per day; and T₃: Symbiotic group, basal diet + Lactobacillus acidophilus @ 0.5 g and 2 g MOS/calf per day. DMI: Dry matter intake, DM: Dry matter, CPI: Crude protein, EE: Ether extract, and OM: Organic matter