Table 7. Average daily gains, feed conversion ratio, and nutrient intake of goats fed ground and flaked corn

Item	Treatment¹⁾			SEM	p-value
Item	Ground	Flake_48	Flake_62	SEM	Overall	Ground vs. Flake
Average daily gain (g/d)	208	200	193	35.9	0.91	0.71
Feed conversion ratio²⁾	7.3	6.7	7.8	1.47	0.62	0.98
Nutrient intake (g/d)
Dry matter	1,112	1,115	1,106	72.6	0.92	0.94
Organic matter	1,034	1,039	1,033	67.8	0.96	0.92
Crude fiber	225	226	213	13.5	0.19	0.37
Crude protein	157	153	150	11.2	0.16	0.08
Ether extract	46^a	43^ab	41^b	3.0	< 0.01	< 0.01
Ash	78	76	73	5.0	0.06	0.06

Ground, ground corn; Flake_(% gelatinization).
Average daily gain (g/d) / dry matter intake (g/d).
Means that do not have common superscripts significantly differ within the samples (p > 0.05).