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Table 6 Effects of feeding by-product feed-based silage on feeding rate, rumination efficiency, and chewing efficiency in growing Hanwoo heifers

From: Effects of by-product feed-based silage on feeding, rumination, and excretion in growing Hanwoo heifers

Item

Diet 1) with

SE

p-value

RS

RSBFS

BFS 2)

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

  1. 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).
  2. 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.
  3. 3)Voluntary intake (DM g/d)/feeding time (h/d).
  4. 4)Voluntary intake (DM g/d)/rumination time (h/d).
  5. 5)Voluntary intake (DM g/d)/chewing time (h/d).
  6. a,b,cMeans with different superscripts within the same row are significantly different (p < 0.05).