Parameters

Treatments1

SEM

P-value2

T0

T1

T2

T3

DM

Soluble fraction (%)

30.80

28.28

31.31

28.11

1.90

0.55

Insoluble fraction (%)

57.78

59.66

56.96

57.24

1.39

0.56

kd (% hour−1)3

4.51

5.69

5.40

6.17

0.97

0.69

Degradable fraction (%)

88.58

87.94

88.26

85.35

1.67

0.54

Effective degradability (%)4

kp = 5% hour−1

58.17

58.19

59.42

58.74

1.16

0.85

NDF

Degradable fraction (%)

85.18

81.44

87.99

80.03

3.27

0.38

kd (% hour−1)3

5.16

6.61

5.59

6.41

0.95

0.69

Lag time (hours)

0.90

0.84

0.00

0.67

0.67

0.77

Effective degradability4

kp = 5% hour−1

40.61

41.17

40.59

39.95

1.81

0.97