| Parameters | Treatments1 | SEM | P-value2 | |||
| T0 | T1 | T2 | T3 | |||
| DM |
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| 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 |
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| kp = 5% hour−1 | 58.17 | 58.19 | 59.42 | 58.74 | 1.16 | 0.85 |
| NDF |
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| 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 |
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| kp = 5% hour−1 | 40.61 | 41.17 | 40.59 | 39.95 | 1.81 | 0.97 |