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.