Table 9. Nitrogen utilization of goats fed ground and flaked corn

Item	Treatment1)			SEM	p-value
	Ground	Flake_48	Flake_62		Overall	Ground vs. Flake
Intake (g/d)	25.19	24.45	23.94	1.798	0.16	0.08
Feces (g/d)	7.62	7.81	7.80	0.486	0.55	0.28
Urine (g/d)	9.85	9.25	9.43	0.505	0.27	0.12
Excretion (g/d)	17.47	17.06	17.24	0.950	0.67	0.43
Retention (g/d)	7.72	7.39	6.70	0.970	0.33	0.27
Retention (%)	28.88	28.77	27.48	2.132	0.80	0.72
Biological value2) (%)	41.24	42.12	40.88	2.877	0.92	0.93

Ground, ground corn; Flake_(% gelatinization).
(Intake N – Feces N – Urine N) / (Intake N – Feces N) × 100.