Table 1. Chemical composition of experimental feeds

Item UPR PR
DM (%) 89.6 89.0
OM (% of DM) 95.6 ± 0.3 98.4 ± 0.1
CP (% of DM) 8.5 ± 0.2 9.6 ± 0.3
EE (% of DM) 3.0 ± 0.2 2.9 ± 0.2
NFE (% of DM) 73.9 ± 1.3 85.9 ± 0.2
CF (% of DM) 10.2 ± 1.1 0.1 ± 0.0
NDF (% of DM) 27.6 ± 4.3 8.3 ± 0.1
ADF (% of DM) 16.6 ± 1.2 1.7 ± 0.2
UPR, unpolished rice; PR, polished rice; DM, dry matter; OM, organic matter (= 100 – ash); CP, crude protein; EE, ether extracts; NFE, nitrogen free extract; CF, crude fiber; NDF, neutral detergent fiber; ADF, acid detergent fiber.