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Table 3 Least square means and P-values for effect of energy-protein supplementation on cow’s intake during pre-calving

From: Performance, metabolic and hormonal responses of grazing Nellore cows to an energy-protein supplementation during the pre-partum phase

Item

Treatments

SEM

P-value

NS

 

SS

  

kg/d

   

DM

7.82

 

8.88

0.317

0.056

DMF

7.82

 

7.54

0.317

0.555

OM

7.29

 

8.29

0.291

0.052

CP

0.38

 

0.80

0.015

< 0.001

apNDF

5.96

 

5.86

0.237

0.775

iNDF

2.66

 

2.57

0.105

0.569

dOM

2.93

 

3.91

0.227

0.018

dNDF

3.02

 

2.94

0.171

0.751

  

g/kg BW

   

DM

15.33

 

17.24

0.742

0.118

DMF

15.33

 

14.63

0.718

0.518

OM

14.31

 

16.09

0.684

0.114

apNDF

11.68

 

11.39

0.539

0.701

iNDF

5.22

 

4.99

0.236

0.523

  1. DM Total dry matter intake, DMF dry matter of forage intake, OM organic matter, CP crude protein, apNDF neutral detergent fibre corrected for ash and protein, iNDF indigestible NDF, dOM digested organic matter, dNDF disgested NDF
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