Table 4 Parameters of gas production profiles fitted with mono-phasic Groot’s model and in vitro digestibility of feedstuffs compared in the present study

Muiumba seeds

257.6^bc

6.8^a

2.07^c

24.9^ef

4.1^cd

0.130^e

0.770^d

Corn

356.6^d

8.8^cd

2.03^c

26.7^f

5.1^d

0.100^d

0.851^g

Oats

271.2^bc

6.9^ab

1.55^b

23.8^e

2.6^ab

0.107^d

0.709^c

Distilled wheat

262.6^bc

9.9^de

1.36^ab

16.7^bc

2.5^ab

0.074^b

0.873^h

Wheat bran

200.4^a

13.0^f

1.21^a

10.4^a

1.8^a

0.057^a

0.575^a

Coconut meal

287.6^c

12.5^f

1.93^c

14.8^b

6.9^e

0.068^b

0.807^e

Sunflower meal

195.6^a

6.9^ab

1.48^b

17.2^cd

2.3^ab

0.105^d

0.678^b

Rapeseed meal

256.7^b

8.1^bc

1.48^b

19.4^d

2.7^ab

0.090^c

0.825^f

Soybean meal

282.0^bc

10.4^e

1.48^b

16.6^bc

3.4^bc

0.070^b

0.968ⁱ

SEM

9.62

0.39

0.073

0.70

0.39

0.003

0.005

Probability

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001