Table 3 Nutrient intakes and digestibility coefficients of lactating Murrah buffaloes fed diets containing cottonseed meal and slow release urea.

From: Environmental sustainability assessment of tropical dairy buffalo farming vis-a-vis sustainable feed replacement strategy

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

  1. DM - Dry matter; OM - Organic matter; CP - Crude protein; EE - Ether extract; TC - Total carbohydrate; NFC - Non fiber carbohydrate; ADF - Acid detergent fiber; NDFap - Neutral detergent fiber corrected for ash and protein; Dig. CP - Digestible crude protein; DMI - Dry matter intake; ME - Metabolisable energy.