Changes in feed intake, nutrient digestion, plasma metabolites, and oxidative stress parameters in dairy cows with subacute ruminal acidosis and its regulation with pelleted beet pulp

Table 3 Effect of dietary treatments on nutrient intake and digestibility in dairy cows ^1,2

Item	Dietary treatment¹				SEM³	P-value
	W0	W10	W20	BP10
Feed intake, kg/d
DM	18.87	19.39	19.60	19.40	0.19	0.39
NDF	7.44^a	6.66^b	5.77^c	7.06^ab	0.14	<0.01
ADF	4.04^a	3.64^b	2.93^c	3.65^b	0.09	<0.01
CP	3.10^b	3.25^ab	3.33^a	3.31^a	0.03	<0.01
Ether extract	0.63	0.65	0.63	0.66	0.01	0.07
Starch	5.50^c	6.66^b	7.42^a	6.29^b	0.13	<0.01
Apparent digestibility of nutrients, %
DM	72.90	70.54	72.47	70.19	0.62	0.34
NDF	65.96^a	57.04^bc	52.33^c	61.82^ab	1.36	<0.01
ADF	63.67^a	55.63^a	45.57^b	56.72^a	1.58	<0.01
CP	75.38	72.72	75.39	71.94	0.62	0.14
Ether extract	70.74	63.04	65.22	65.90	1.30	0.14
Starch	89.38	89.29	89.93	89.35	0.27	0.84

¹W0 = TMR containing 0% wheat; W10 = TMR containing 10% wheat; W20 = TMR containing 20% wheat; BP10 = TMR containing 20% wheat plus10% beet pulp; ²a–c Means with different superscripts in the same row differ (Tukey’s test; P<0.05); ³SEM = Standard error of the mean.

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