Performance of 1-year-old camel calves fed a basal ration of alfalfa hay supplemented with different levels of concentrate

Askar, Ahmed R.; Darwesh, Rawia; Allam, Sabbah; Abdul Aziz, Galal M.; El Shereef, Afaf A.; Eid, Ehab Y.; Kandil, Hamedi M.; El Ezz, Samir S. Abou; Shoukry, Mohsen M.

doi:10.1186/s12917-025-04485-6

Table 3.2 Feed intake and apparent digestibility of growing camel calves fed different concentrate levels in the diet, along with ad lib alfalfa hay at different ages (the interaction)

From: Performance of 1-year-old camel calves fed a basal ration of alfalfa hay supplemented with different levels of concentrate

	Age, (Months)	Concentrate level (% of body weight)			SEM	P-value
	Age, (Months)	Low (0.7)	Medium (1.0)	High (1.3)	SEM	Age	Treat	Interaction
Dry matter intake, g/ day
Concentrate	14	2206	3301	3464	302.1	P > 0.05	P < 0.05	P > 0.05
	16	2334	3365	3594
	18	2620	3210	3768
Roughage	14	4467	3458	3961	304.5	P < 0.05	P < 0.05	P > 0.05
	16	3524	2480	2675
	18	3023	2355	2559
Total	14	6673	6759	7425	465.3	P < 0.05	P > 0.05	P > 0.05
	16	5858	5845	6268
	18	5643	5565	6327
Organic matter intake, g/ day
	14	6019	6078	6678	592.5	P < 0.05	P > 0.05	P > 0.05
	16	5273	5250	5632
	18	5119	5053	5747
Crude protein intake, g/ day
	14	935	971	1063	95.0	P < 0.05	P > 0.05	P > 0.05
	16	829	852	914
	18	808	812	926
Neutral detergent fiber, g/ day
	14	2904	2895	3140	277.7	P < 0.05	P > 0.05	P > 0.05
	16	2512	2417	2593
	18	2387	2300	2605
Dry matter intake, g/ kg BW^0.75
Concentrate	14	28.9	40.9	42.1	3.15	P > 0.05	P < 0.05	P > 0.05
	16	29.2	40.0	41.4
	18	31.0	36.1	42.0
Roughage	14	59.3	42.8	47.6	3.70	P < 0.05	P < 0.05	P > 0.05
	16	44.3	29.6	30.8
	18	36.0	26.8	28.3
Total	14	88.3	83.7	89.7	4.9	P < 0.05	P > 0.05	P > 0.05
	16	73.6	69.6	72.2
	18	67.0	62.9	70.4
Concentrate/ roughage ratio
Concentrate, %	14	33.4	49.3	46.5	2.96	P < 0.05	P < 0.05	P > 0.05
	16	40.1	57.7	57.7
	18	46.4	57.8	59.7
Roughage, %	14	66.4	50.6	53.6	3.00	P < 0.05	P < 0.05	P > 0.05
	16	59.8	42.2	42.4
	18	53.4	42.2	40.2
Apparent nutrient digestibility, g/kg
Dry matter	14	711	697	675	0.83	P > 0.05	P < 0.05	P > 0.05
	16	719	707	691
	18	714	709	699
Organic matter	14	752	744	713	0.89	P > 0.05	P < 0.05	P > 0.05
	16	739	734	716
	18	740	741	732
Energy	14	728	706	694	9.3	P > 0.05	P < 0.05	P > 0.05
	16	723	717	699
	18	727	728	718
Crude protein	14	699	689	658	3.14	P > 0.05	P > 0.05	P > 0.05
	16	746	723	660
	18	694	712	749
Neutral detergent fiber	14	641	588	558	1.29	P < 0.05	P < 0.05	P > 0.05
	16	567	547	499
	18	557	549	513

SEM = Standard error of means

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