Table 2 Intake and digestibility of nutrients, and nutritive value of diets fed to experimental cattle
Attribute | T1 | T2 |
|---|---|---|
Intake (kg/d) | ||
Dry matter | ||
Through green oats | 0.59 ± 0.01 | 0.59 ± 0.02 |
Through paddy straw | 1.57 ± 0.03 | 1.34 ± 0.04 |
Through concentrate mixture | 1.48 ± 0.09 | 1.47 ± 0.04 |
Total | 3.64 ± 0.73 | 3.40 ± 0.70 |
Overall average (during 105 days) | 2.95 ± 0.14 | 2.97 ± 0.13 |
Dry matter (g/kg W0.75) | 123 ± 2.41 | 110 ± 2.46 |
Crude protein (g/d) | 430 ± 16.0 | 438 ± 10.5 |
Metabolisable energy (MJ/d) | 30.5 ± 1.20 | 28.5 ± 1.05 |
Digestibility (g/kg) | ||
Dry matter | 593 ± 9.2 | 570 ± 14.0 |
Organic matter | 621 ± 15.7 | 625 ± 13.9 |
Crude protein | 602 ± 17.2 | 622 ± 16.8 |
Ether extract | 624 ± 14.5 | 610 ± 21.1 |
Crude fibre | 665 ± 20.9 | 670 ± 22.0 |
Neutral detergent fibre | 603 ± 18.0 | 627 ± 17.4 |
Acid detergent fibre | 489 ± 24.9 | 504 ± 30.5 |
Nitrogen-free extract | 575 ± 18.5 | 555 ± 16.0 |
Nutritive value | ||
Digested nitrogen (g/kg)a | 14.3 ± 0.37 | 12.8 ± 0.48 |
Metabolisable energy (MJ/kg) | 8.34 ± 0.33 | 8.36 ± 0.37 |
Digested nitrogen (g):metabolisable energy (MJ) | 1.36 ± 0.09 | 1.53 ± 0.11 |