Sulfur, fresh cassava root and urea independently enhanced gas production, ruminal characteristics and in vitro degradability

Table 4 Effect of elemental sulfur (S), urea (U) and fresh cassava root (FCR) on in vitro dry matter (IVDMD), in vitro neutral detergent fiber degradability (IVNDFD) and in vitro acid detergent fiber degradability (IVADFD)

Treatments	S (%)	U (%)	FCR (mg)	IVDMD (%)	IVNDFD (%)	IVADFD (%)
T1	0	2	0	59.56	50.17	27.59
T2	0	4	0	60.80	52.03	28.49
T3	1	2	0	61.64	52.18	27.58
T4	1	4	0	62.73	53.45	28.38
T5	2	2	0	62.65	52.03	28.65
T6	2	4	0	62.96	53.33	29.42
T7	0	2	200	59.69	49.62	28.46
T8	0	4	200	61.95	54.91	28.94
T9	1	2	200	63.98	53.63	28.70
T10	1	4	200	62.77	54.51	29.29
T11	2	2	200	62.60	51.43	30.27
T12	2	4	200	63.58	53.84	31.34
T13	0	2	300	60.82	51.45	29.47
T14	0	4	300	62.18	54.79	30.01
T15	1	2	300	62.48	53.66	29.81
T16	1	4	300	63.01	54.35	30.47
T17	2	2	300	63.44	53.44	31.16
T18	2	4	300	60.80	55.94	31.86
T19	0	2	400	61.30	50.29	28.94
T20	0	4	400	62.69	53.66	29.62
T21	1	2	400	62.21	54.35	29.21
T22	1	4	400	62.79	51.61	29.64
T23	2	2	400	63.07	54.05	30.25
T24	2	4	400	63.07	54.05	30.51
SEM				0.75	1.32	0.27
S (%)
0				60.82^b	52.15^b	29.51^b
1				62.68^a	53.78^a	29.71^b
2				63.06^a	53.21^a	30.51^a
P-Value				<0.0001	0.044	<0.0001
U (%)
2				61.48^b	51.95^b	29.65^b
4				62.50^a	54.14^a	30.17^a
P-Value				0.009	0.0005	0.0001
FCR (mg)
0				61.72	52.20	29.80
200				62.42	52.99	30.03
300				62.56	54.02	30.05
400				62.06	52.99	29.76
P-Value				0.067	0.158	0.159
Interaction
S*U				0.029	0.150	0.669
S*FCR				0.644	0.959	0.714
U*FCR				0.775	0.845	0.953
SUFCR				0.341	0.972	0.956

^a,b,c means within column showed with different superscript letter accepted significantly different

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