Item
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Diet
1)
with
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SE
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p-value
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RS
|
RSBFS
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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).