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Items | Low nitrate | High nitrate |
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Ingredient composition (% as fed) | ||
Dry cassava distiller’s meal | 32.0 | 35.0 |
Dry corn distiller’s grains | 15.0 | 12.0 |
Rice bran | 10.0 | 10.0 |
Wheat bran | 10.0 | 10.0 |
Molasses | 7.0 | 7.0 |
Sunflower oil | 6.0 | 6.0 |
Soybean meal | 14.5 | 12.9 |
Potassium nitrate | 3.2 | 4.8 |
Premix1) | 2.3 | 2.3 |
Analyzed composition | ||
Dry matter (g/kg) | 922.0 | 921.5 |
Crude ash (g/kg DM) | 71.2 | 71.4 |
Crude protein (g/kg DM) | 153.4 | 153.4 |
Ether extract (g/kg DM) | 62.5 | 61.5 |
Neutral detergent fiber (g/kg DM) | 425.0 | 405.0 |
Acid detergent fiber (g/kg DM) | 263.0 | 256.5 |
Non-structural carbohydrates (g/kg DM)2) | 288.0 | 308.4 |
Items | Pangola hay | Rice straw | ||
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Low nitrate | High nitrate | Low nitrate | High nitrate | |
Ingredient composition (g DM/d) | ||||
Pangola hay2) | 416 | 439 | - | - |
Rice straw3) | - | - | 394 | 410 |
Concentrate, low nitrate | 253 | - | 242 | - |
Concentrate, high nitrate | - | 252 | - | 245 |
Total intake | 669 | 692 | 637 | 656 |
Analyzed composition (g/kg DM) | ||||
OM | 920.8 | 920.6 | 896.7 | 896.3 |
CP | 103.4 | 102.4 | 78.8 | 78.2 |
EE | 35.4 | 34.5 | 30.0 | 29.3 |
NDF | 617.2 | 614.0 | 634.4 | 629.0 |
ADF | 322.7 | 321.6 | 424.1 | 423.3 |
NSC4) | 164.8 | 169.7 | 153.6 | 159.8 |
Nitrate | 8.0 | 11.6 | 8.1 | 11.9 |
DM, dry matter; OM, organic matter; CP, crude protein; EE, ether extract; NDF, neutral detergent fiber; ADF, acid detergent fiber; NSC, non-structural carbohydrates.
1) The data are on based the actual mean DM intakes of the experimental feedstuffs as calculated over 60 days.
2) The chemical composition of Pangola grass hay with a moisture content of 125 g/kg was as follows (g/kg DM): crude ash, 84; CP, 73; EE, 19; NDF, 734; ADF, 359; NSC, 90.
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Roughage source (RS) Level of nitrate (N) |
Pangola hay | Rice straw | SEM | p-value | ||||
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Low | High | Low | High | N | RS×N | ||||
Day 1 to 30 | |||||||||
Mean DM intake (g/d) | 623 | 622 | 615 | 620 | 8.0 | 0.526 | 0.847 | 0.708 | |
Body weight (kg) | |||||||||
Initial | 17.4a | 17.6a | 16.8ab | 16.4b | 0.22 | <0.001 | 0.609 | 0.204 | |
Gain | 2.3a | 2.0a | 0.5c | 1.3b | 0.08 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |
Growth rate (g/d) | 75.0a | 67.9a | 15.6b | 43.3c | 2.60 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |
FCR1) (kg/kg) | 8.4b | 9.3b | 45.0a | 14.8b | 2.84 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |
Day 31 to 60 | |||||||||
Mean DM intake (g/d) | 717b | 761a | 658c | 691bc | 11.3 | <0.001 | 0.002 | 0.618 | |
Body weight (kg) | |||||||||
Day 31 | 19.7a | 19.6a | 17.3b | 17.7b | 0.22 | <0.001 | 0.391 | 0.307 | |
Gain | 2.2a | 2.2a | 1.0c | 1.4b | 0.11 | <0.001 | 0.050 | 0.063 | |
Growth rate (g/d) | 73.8a | 74.2a | 31.7c | 46.7b | 3.77 | <0.001 | 0.050 | 0.063 | |
FCR (kg/kg) | 9.8 | 10.4 | 48.5 | 14.9 | 11.26 | 0.070 | 0.162 | 0.148 | |
Day 1 to 60 | |||||||||
Mean DM intake (g/d) | 669ab | 692a | 637c | 656bc | 8.0 | <0.001 | 0.015 | 0.824 | |
Body weight (kg) | |||||||||
Gain | 4.5a | 4.3a | 1.4c | 2.7b | 0.15 | <0.001 | 0.001 | <0.001 | |
Final2) | 21.9a | 21.9a | 18.2c | 19.1b | 0.23 | <0.001 | 0.001 | <0.001 | |
Growth rate (g/d) | 74.4a | 71.0a | 23.6c | 45.0b | 2.47 | <0.001 | 0.001 | <0.001 | |
FCR (kg/kg) | 7.9b | 9.8b | 36.4a | 14.7b | 4.67 | 0.001 | 0.043 | 0.018 |
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Roughage source (RS) Level of nitrate (N) |
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Low | High | Low | High | RS | N | RS×N | |||
Day 25 to 30 | |||||||||
OM | 73.9a | 74.2a | 68.4b | 70.1b | 1.19 | <0.001 | 0.405 | 0.557 | |
NDF | 62.8ab | 64.7a | 58.6b | 60.8ab | 1.51 | 0.012 | 0.191 | 0.922 | |
ADF | 49.5c | 51.8b | 56.2ab | 59.4a | 1.72 | <0.001 | 0.122 | 0.805 | |
CP | 64.1a | 63.2a | 52.9b | 51.4b | 1.99 | <0.001 | 0.548 | 0.879 | |
Day 55 to 60 | |||||||||
OM | 77.5a | 76.8a | 72.2b | 75.0ab | 1.00 | 0.002 | 0.319 | 0.089 | |
NDF | 67.8a | 69.2a | 62.9b | 66.0b | 1.20 | 0.003 | 0.073 | 0.503 | |
ADF | 56.3b | 58.0b | 60.8ab | 64.4a | 1.44 | 0.001 | 0.088 | 0.508 | |
CP | 70.2a | 68.4b | 57.6b | 59.5b | 1.89 | <0.001 | 0.974 | 0.350 | |
Overall means | |||||||||
OM | 75.5a | 75.5a | 70.3b | 72.5ab | 0.97 | <0.001 | 0.263 | 0.275 | |
NDF | 65.1a | 67.0a | 60.8b | 63.4ab | 1.20 | 0.003 | 0.073 | 0.773 | |
ADF | 52.5c | 54.9bc | 58.5ab | 61.9a | 1.35 | <0.001 | 0.046 | 0.719 | |
CP | 66.9a | 65.8a | 55.3b | 55.4b | 1.84 | <0.001 | 0.816 | 0.745 |