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Table 3 Apparent digestibility (% DM) of nutrient (mean ± SE) in goats fed diet supplemented with different types of oils

From: Profiling of rumen fermentation, microbial population and digestibility in goats fed with dietary oils containing different fatty acids

Apparent digestibility (%)

Treatment

P-value

CNT

OL

PO

SF

 

Dry matter

75.81 ± 2.77

73.49 ± 1.98

75.44 ± 1.09

75.37 ± 1.57

NS

Organic matter

80.05 ± 1.78

80.84 ± 1.57

80.17 ± 1.61

78.81 ± 2.34

NS

Crude protein

77.65 ± 0.81b

85.04 ± 1.19a

82.20 ± 2.27a

82.43 ± 1.44a

*

Ether extract

59.89 ± 10.39b

88.11 ± 1.46a

87.92 ± 1.93a

91.13 ± 2.76a

*

NDF

75.19 ± 4.31

71.59 ± 2.84

71.82 ± 3.47

71.28 ± 4.31

NS

ADF

47.42 ± 1.99b

54.75 ± 5.27a

57.54 ± 4.49a

55.01 ± 4.41a

*

  1. CNT Control diet, OL Olive oil diet, PO Palm olein diet, SF Sunflower oil diet
  2. a, bMeans in the same row with different superscripts are statistically different (P < 0.05)