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Table 2 Effect of Flemingia macrophylla silage (FMS) on feed intake and nutrients digestibility

From: Strategic supplementation of Flemingia silage to enhance rumen fermentation efficiency, microbial protein synthesis and methane mitigation in beef cattle

Items

FMS kg/d of dry mater

SEM

P-value

0

0.2

0.4

0.6

Roughage Intake (DM basis)

 Kg/d

3.13 ± 0.84

3.23 ± 0.97

3.40 ± 0.89

3.58 ± 0.70

1.00

0.47

 Body weight (%)

1.81 ± 0.25

1.97 ± 0.22

1.89 ± 0.34

2.14 ± 0.11

0.60

0.44

Concentrate Intake

 kg/d

0.90 ± 0.17

0.90 ± 0.17

0.90 ± 0.17

0.90 ± 0.17

0.00

0.00

 Body weight (%)

0.50 ± 0.03

0.50 ± 0.03

0.50 ± 0.03

0.50 ± 0.03

0.00

0.00

Total Intake

 Kg/d

4.00 ± 0.98

4.30 ± 1.13

4.10 ± 1.03

4.50 ± 0.85

1.00

0.48

 Body weight (%)

2.32 ± 0.24

2.48 ± 0.22

2.41 ± 0.35

2.60 ± 0.21

0.06

0.44

Digestibility (%)

 Dry matter

54.11 ± 1.49a

58.61 ± 0.68b

62.30 ± 2.57c

63.62 ± 2.49c

0.21

0.001

 Organic matter

58.20 ± 0.46a

64.40 ± 0.42b

68.40 ± 2.10c

71.45 ± 0.66d

0.29

0.001

 Crude protein

53.80 ± 0.65a

55.60 ± 0.32b

57.10 ± 0.17c

58.70 ± 0.32d

0.10

0.001

 Neutral detergent fiber

50.00 ± 0.81a

51.90 ± 0.92ab

54.00 ± 0.56ab

55.40 ± 1.89c

0.12

0.05

 Acid detergent fiber

45.80 ± 0.28a

47.30 ± 0.54b

49.60 ± 0.88c

52.80 ± 0.54d

0.15

0.001

  1. a,b,c,dMeans in the same row with different superscripts differ (P < 0.01), SEM Standard error of the mean