Table 2. Chemical composition of concentrate and roughage diets for experimental groups

Composition Concentrate Roughage SEM
Fattening Finishing Rice straw
T11) T2 T3 T4
Moisture 12.45 12.13 12.22 12.88 9.42 0.13
Crude protein 15.21 15.34 11.88 11.62 3.55 0.16
Crude fat 2.52 2.48 3.87 3.52 0.91 0.04
Crude fiber 9.75 9.81 10.59 10.14 32.01 0.07
Crude ash 4.36 4.12 3.51 3.30 9.12 0.08
NFE 55.71 56.12 57.93 58.54 55.01 0.30
Ca 0.45 0.43 0.32 0.37 0.18 0.07
P 0.30 0.31 0.30 0.30 0.16 0.01
TDN2) 70.00 72.00 74.00 76.00 37.57
Each group were set to 70% (T1) and 72% (T2) during fattening phase and 74% (T3) and 76% (T4) for the finishing phase, respectively.
Calculated.
NFE, nitrogen-free extract; TDN, total digestible nutrient.