Item

Treatment¹

N

H

MH

SEM

P²-value

Intake of nutriment (kg/d)

DM

19.91b

20.16b

22.40a

1.095

<0.001

NDF

6.78b

7.31b

10.51a

0.462

<0.001

FNDF

6.06b

5.89b

6.55a

0.324

0.002

peNDF > 4 mm

5.10

4.62

4.56

0.293

0.148

peNDF > 8 mm

4.04a

3.49b

3.13b

0.223

0.005

ADF

3.71b

3.65b

4.95a

0.231

<0.001

CP

3.16b

3.28b

3.57a

0.175

<0.001

OM

18.34b

18.33b

20.53a

1.000

<0.001

Apparent digestibility (%)

DM

56.93ab

55.04b

59.11a

1.310

0.058

NDF

41.53b

41.05b

51.61a

0.772

<0.001

ADF

37.05b

41.48a

39.61a

0.736

0.001

CP

65.71a

59.24c

62.27b

1.421

<0.001

OM

65.00a

59.24c

62.27b

1.076

<0.001