Post-ruminal effects of rumen-protected methionine supplementation with low protein diet using long-term simulation and in vitro digestibility technique

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Table 3 Low dietary protein supplemented with rumen-protected methionine effects on disappearance at ileum portion using in vitro digestibility technique (means; n = 4)

Substrate disappearance	Treatments				SEM	P value
Substrate disappearance	HP	LP	LPLM	LPHM	SEM	P value
Dry matter (g/kg DM)	474.41	473.34	476.38	480.87	3.41	0.89
Crude protein (g/kg DM)	774.40^b	907.58^a	871.90^a	875.45^a	14.49	< 0.01
Neutral detergent fiber (g/kg DM)	400.13^b	418.75^a,b	420.41^a,b	424.08^a	3.30	0.02
Acid detergent fiber (g/kg DM)	345.44	351.88	358.39	354.44	4.48	0.81
Gross energy (MJ/kg DM)	517.85	507.97	511.44	518.66	3.93	0.77

SEM standard error of the mean
^a,b Superscripts values within the same row, are significantly different at (P < 0.05)