Intake | T1 | T2 | T3 | T4 | SEM | SL |
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Hay | 767.0a | 634.0b | 637.0b | 641.0b | 2.1 | *** |
Supplement | 0.0 | 300.0 | 300.0 | 300.0 | 0.2 |
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Total DMI (g/day) | 767.0b | 934.0a | 937.0a | 941.0a | 2.1 | *** |
Total (g/kg BW0.75) | 64.8d | 95.8c | 96.5b | 99.1a | 0.2 | *** |
Total (% BW) | 3.3 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 0.01 | *** |
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OM (g/day) | 517.4c | 792.3a | 789.4a | 775b | 2.3 | *** |
CP (g/day) | 41.3d | 63.8c | 73.3b | 88a | 1.8 | *** |
NDF (g/day) | 406.0d | 547.3c | 570.1b | 596.7a | 2.1 | *** |
ADF (g/day) | 271.8d | 300.1c | 329.1b | 364.5a | 1.1 | *** |
ME (MJ/day) | 5.5a | 10.7a | 10.6a | 10.3b | 0.02 | *** |