Effects of different grain types on nutrient apparent digestibility, glycemic responses, and fecal VFA content in weaned foals

Table 3 DM, Digestible Energy, and Starch Intake

Item		CG	OG	BG	SEM
Concentrate	Intake (kg/d)	0.71	0.72	0.72	0.00
Concentrate	DM intake (kg/d)	0.66	0.67	0.66	0.00
Forage grass	Intake (kg/d)	5.62	5.52	5.67	0.22
Forage grass	DM intake (kg/d)	4.96	4.87	5.00	0.19
Total DM intake (kg/d)		5.62	5.54	5.67	0.19
GE intake (MJ, DM basis)		107.90	106.44	108.79	3.66
Fecal energy (MJ, DM basis)		44.59	48.59	48.49	1.60
DE^a (MJ/kg, DM basis)		11.16	10.41	10.60	0.46
Total starch intake (g/d, DM basis)		454.73	451.86	462.37	7.93
Amylopectin intake (g/d, DM basis)		318.78	326.72	329.16	5.12
Amylose intake (g/d, DM basis)		28.55^C	40.19^A	37.77^B	0.11

CG Corn group (n = 6), OG Oats group (n = 6), BG Barley group (n = 6)
SEM standard error of means
^aDE = (GE intake-fecal energy)/total DM intake
^{A, B, C} Mean values with no same superscript in a row were highly significantly different (P < 0.01)

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