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Table 6.

Total dry matter gastrointestinal tract fill (gut fill) in young-at-foot, weaned and adult red kangaroos fed chopped lucerne and oaten hays

	YAF	Weaned	Adult
Gut fill (g DM)
Lucerne hay	121.6±20.8^B	158.6±23.6^B	264.0±23.7^A*
Oaten hay	113.9±22.9^B	150.7±43.3^B	426.5±25.5^A
Gut fill (g DM kg^-1)
Lucerne hay	18.4±2.8^B	14.8±2.0^A,B	10.6±1.5^A*
Oaten hay	18.0±3.4^A	13.5±3.2^A	16.8±0.8^A
Gut fill (g DM kg^-0.75)
Lucerne hay	29.4±4.5^A	26.7±3.7^A	23.7±2.8^A*
Oaten hay	28.5±5.4^A	24.6±6.2^A	37.7±1.5^A

	YAF	Weaned	Adult
Gut fill (g DM)
Lucerne hay	121.6±20.8^B	158.6±23.6^B	264.0±23.7^A*
Oaten hay	113.9±22.9^B	150.7±43.3^B	426.5±25.5^A
Gut fill (g DM kg^-1)
Lucerne hay	18.4±2.8^B	14.8±2.0^A,B	10.6±1.5^A*
Oaten hay	18.0±3.4^A	13.5±3.2^A	16.8±0.8^A
Gut fill (g DM kg^-0.75)
Lucerne hay	29.4±4.5^A	26.7±3.7^A	23.7±2.8^A*
Oaten hay	28.5±5.4^A	24.6±6.2^A	37.7±1.5^A

YAF, young-at-foot; DM, dry matter.

Values are means ±s.e.m. (N=5).

Within a row, values with different superscripts are significantly different within diets between ages (^A,B,CP<0.05). Asterisks associated with lucerne hay diets indicate significant differences between diets within ages (P<0.01).

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