Effects of postbiotic supplementation on growth performance, ruminal fermentation and microbial profile, blood metabolite and GHR, IGF-1 and MCT-1 gene expression in post-weaning lambs

Table 2 Nutrient intake and apparent digestibility in post-weaning lambs supplemented with and without postbiotics

Parameters	Control	Postbiotic	SEM	P-value
Nutrient intake (g DM/d)
DM	481.30^a	493.80^b	3.21	0.03
OM	443.60^a	461.40^b	4.16	0.02
EE	17.89	18.27	0.15	0.25
CP	114.38	115.88	0.85	0.42
NDF	396.86^a	408.60^b	3.37	0.08
Apparent nutrient digestibility (g/kg DM)
DM	635.57^a	719.03^a	2.09	0.04
OM	729.56	776.00	1.36	0.09
EE	46.61	48.27	1.45	0.62
CP	673.48^a	733.27^a	1.35	0.01
NDF	386.11^a	432.69^a	0.99	0.01

DM Dry matter, OM Organic matter, EE Ether extract, CP Crude protein, NDF Neutral detergent fibre. ^a,b Different superscripts in each row are significantly different (P < 0.05). Experimental unit, (n = 6)

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