FEDM

Item Category CV (%) p-value BUL CC Silage intake (kg DM) 4.59 5.50 15.3 0.0054 Concentrate intake (kg DM) 3.96 4.76 12.8 0.0063 Total intake (kg DM) 8.55 10.26 13.4 0.0064 Feeding time (min.) 169.17 111.67 19.30 0.0000 Rumination time (min.) 401.67 310.83 24.61 0.0188 Time on other activities (min.) 869.17 1 017.50 10.93 0.0019 Total chewing time (min.) 570.84 422.50 21.42 0.0254 FEDM(g [min..sup.-1]) 50.54 91.88 12.33 0.0023 CV = coefficient of variation; BUL = bulls; CC = cull cow; FEDM = feed efficiency of dry matter.

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FEDM (DM consumed g [h.sup.-1]); FENDF (consumed NDF g [h.sup.-1]) = feeding efficiency; DMI (g) = daily intake of dry matter, NDFI (g) = daily intake of NDF; FT = time daily spent on feeding.