Table 3 Nutrient intakes and digestibility coefficients of lactating Murrah buffaloes fed diets containing cottonseed meal and slow release urea.
Item | Diets | DP Management | SEM | P Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CSM | SRU | Short DP | Long DP | Diet | DP | ||
DM | 22.33 | 23.14 | 23.38 | 22.09 | 2.99 | 0.649 | 0.474 |
OM | 19.97 | 20.76 | 20.94 | 19.80 | 2.69 | 0.620 | 0.476 |
CP | 2.41 | 2.48 | 2.51 | 2.37 | 0.36 | 0.745 | 0.506 |
NDFap | 11.52 | 11.55 | 11.88 | 11.19 | 1.38 | 0.968 | 0.433 |
NFC | 5.56 | 6.63 | 6.27 | 5.92 | 1.07 | 0.074 | 0.514 |
RDP | 1.47 | 1.80 | 1.63 | 1.64 | 0.12 | 0.048 | 0.914 |
DM | 59.87 | 60.90 | 61.43 | 59.34 | 1.41 | 0.644 | 0.361 |
OM | 63.07 | 64.27 | 64.64 | 62.70 | 1.36 | 0.563 | 0.360 |
CP | 63.68 | 66.40 | 65.53 | 64.55 | 1.79 | 0.095 | 0.721 |
EE | 67.01 | 67.90 | 67.20 | 67.71 | 1.45 | 0.703 | 0.826 |
TC | 62.87 | 64.04 | 64.53 | 62.38 | 1.59 | 0.627 | 0.383 |
NFC | 82.90 | 83.07 | 83.07 | 82.89 | 1.64 | 0.950 | 0.945 |
ADF | 46.57 | 47.19 | 48.94 | 44.82 | 1.29 | 0.769 | 0.179 |
Hemicellulose | 61.88 | 62.60 | 62.71 | 61.76 | 1.80 | 0.771 | 0.704 |
NDFap | 53.23 | 54.24 | 55.38 | 52.09 | 1.57 | 0.671 | 0.192 |
Dig. CP (g/Kg) | 68.60 | 70.90 | 70.31 | 69.25 | 2.03 | 0.177 | 0.742 |
Dig. Nutrients (g/Kg) | 582.10 | 595.40 | 597.32 | 580.19 | 12.64 | 0.493 | 0.380 |
Dig. CP (g)/ME (MJ) | 7.82 | 7.88 | 8.01 | 7.69 | 0.22 | 0.897 | 0.434 |