Ingestive Behavior of Ovine Fed with Marandu Grass Silage Added with Naturally Dehydrated Brewery Residue

Table 4

Neutral detergent fiber (min/kg) and time spent per ingestion period, rumination, and rest (min) of ovine fed with marandu grass silage.

Variable	Dehydrated brewery residue (%)					Equation regression	CV (%)	(%)
	0	10	20	30	40
DM and NDF consumption/meal (kg)
DM	0.027	0.028	0.029	0.030	0.032		20.63	91.84
NDF	0.011	0.010	0.012	0.015	0.021		22.45	74.93
DM and NDF consumption (min/kg)
DM	392.9	383.2	365.9	341.2	309.1		17.46	79.81
NDF	1119	989,2	9859	729,1	599,1		22.33	88.37
Time spent per ingestion period, rumination, and rest (min)
Ingestion	10.64	10.28	9.97	9.71	9.51		12.02	91.74
Rumination	9.98	10.04	10.10	10.17	10.23	10.10	—	—
Rest	11.97	12.92	13.03	12.29	10.71	9.78	—	—

Significant by Tukey test at 0.5% probability.