Item
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Diet
1)
with
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SE
|
p-value
|
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RS
|
RSBFS
|
BFS
2)
|
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Eating rate3)
| 1,365.8b
| 1,751.6b
| 3,016.6a
| 167.1 | 0.0001 |
Ruminating efficiency4)
| 857.6b
| 1,446.6a
| 1,516.7a
| 119.5 | 0.0007 |
Chewing efficiency5)
| 525.2c
| 788.4b
| 1,003.9a
| 50.2 | 0.0001 |
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1)The three diets were as follows: RS (free access to rice straw); RSBFS (free access to rice straw and BF-based silage); and BFS (free access to BF-based silage).
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2)BF-based silage (BFS) was a by-product feed-based silage, which was composed of 50% spent mushroom substrate, 21% recycled poultry bedding, 15% ryegrass straw, 10.8% rice bran, 2% molasses, 0.6% bentonite, and 0.6% microbial culture, and was ensiled for over 2 weeks.
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3)Voluntary intake (DM g/d)/feeding time (h/d).
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4)Voluntary intake (DM g/d)/rumination time (h/d).
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5)Voluntary intake (DM g/d)/chewing time (h/d).
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a,b,cMeans with different superscripts within the same row are significantly different (p < 0.05).