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Table 4 Least square means and P-values for effect of energey-protein supplementation on apparent digestibility and synthesis of nitrogen compounds 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

 

P-value

NS

SS

SEM

Sup

OM

39.86

47.32

1.522

0.013

CP

2.77

50.65

1.623

< 0.001

apNDF

50.67

50.21

0.014

0.832

Nmic

89.24

92.69

66.535

0.370

Emic

190.06

148.16

12.666

0.036

  1. Organic matter (OM, %), crude protein (CP, %), neutral detergent fiber corrected for ash and protein (apNDF, %), digested organic matter (dOM, g/kg DM), ruminal synthesis of microbial nitrogen (NMic, g/d), efficiency for synthesis of microbial protein (Emic, g microbial CP synthesis kg dOM intake)
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BMC Veterinary Research

ISSN: 1746-6148

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