Table 3 In situ effective degradability of dry matter (DM) and crude protein (CP) at two passage rates^{1, 2}

  K _pB = 0.025, h⁻¹

86.5^a

76.0^b

63.5^c

50.5^d

0.5

<0.001

  K _pB = 0.06, h⁻¹

75.9^a

67.0^b

52.8^c

38.7^d

0.9

<0.001

  K _pB = 0.025, h⁻¹

85.3^a

82.3^a

53.2^b

39.3^c

1.4

<0.001

  K _pB = 0.06, h⁻¹

73.9^a

71.2^a

42.5^b

28.6^c

1.5

<0.001