Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the chemical composition of three categories feedstuff (dry matter basis, %).
Items | Average | Median | Minimum | Maximum | SD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Energy feeds (N = 24) | ||||||
DM | 92.88 | 94.67 | 82.53 | 98.79 | 1.107 | |
CP | 14.19 | 13.95 | 6.44 | 21.99 | 0.794 | |
Starch | 42.31 | 53.77 | 2.65 | 81.88 | 5.026 | |
EE | 4.90 | 3.34 | 0.25 | 18.43 | 1.079 | |
Ash | 4.64 | 3.03 | 0.17 | 21.64 | 1.045 | |
NDF | 26.83 | 22.07 | 2.09 | 70.48 | 3.688 | |
ADF | 11.35 | 11.32 | 1.47 | 49.06 | 2.029 | |
ADL | 2.77 | 2.50 | 0.13 | 8.47 | 0.435 | |
Protein feeds (N = 22) | ||||||
DM | 91.80 | 92.10 | 79.79 | 98.35 | 0.885 | |
CP | 33.87 | 35.26 | 16.02 | 55.56 | 2.400 | |
Starch | 4.58 | 3.83 | 0.97 | 13.10 | 0.710 | |
EE | 6.61 | 5.56 | 0.70 | 12.75 | 0.773 | |
Ash | 9.39 | 6.98 | 4.32 | 24.60 | 1.196 | |
NDF | 40.52 | 38.64 | 22.11 | 68.38 | 2.818 | |
ADF | 23.72 | 20.72 | 10.46 | 50.17 | 2.347 | |
ADL | 9.00 | 7.96 | 1.72 | 26.29 | 1.356 | |
Roughages (N = 22) | ||||||
DM | 92.62 | 92.61 | 84.02 | 98.10 | 0.685 | |
CP | 8.76 | 7.59 | 3.49 | 23.61 | 1.067 | |
Starch | 3.86 | 3.00 | 0.41 | 13.05 | 0.746 | |
EE | 2.20 | 1.49 | 0.36 | 8.00 | 0.406 | |
Ash | 10.59 | 10.24 | 2.86 | 17.24 | 0.865 | |
NDF | 67.86 | 71.39 | 35.99 | 83.30 | 2.588 | |
ADF | 44.78 | 44.45 | 15.21 | 68.49 | 2.507 | |
ADL | 10.21 | 7.44 | 1.17 | 32.04 | 1.893 | |
