Table 1. Chemical composition of concentrate diets and roughage

Composition Concentrate Roughage SEM
Fattening Finishing Rice straw
Moisture 12.64 ± 0.15 13.10 ± 0.01 9.59 ± 0.16 0.11
Crude protein 15.90 ± 0.17 11.68 ± 0.12 3.65 ± 0.13 0.08
Crude fat 2.45 ± 0.07 3.41 ± 0.06 0.93 ± 0.01 0.03
Crude fiber 9.82 ± 0.04 10.15 ± 0.04 31.80 ± 0.20 0.09
Crude ash 4.38 ± 0.09 3.31 ± 0.07 9.43 ± 0.06 0.07
NFE 54.84 ± 0.43 58.46 ± 0.07 44.59 ± 0.44 0.31
Ca 0.45 ± 0.01 0.39 ± 0.01 0.19 ± 0.02 0.01
P 0.37 ± 0.01 0.30 ± 0.01 0.15 ± 0.02 0.01
TDN 72.00 76.00 37.60
NFE, nitrogen free extract; TDN, total digestible nutrient (calculated).