There were no significant differences in pH or moisture contents
of litter between SBM and CM groups but these were higher than
that of the MBM group (P < 0.05). These findings were similar to
that of Eichner et al. (2007) and Hossain et al. (2013) who also reported higher litter moisture with diets based exclusively on
vegetable protein sources. Soybean meal has a higher K content
than CM and MBM (Leeson and Summers, 2005) and this was re-
flected in the calculated dietary K content for SBM, MBM and CM
diets, respectively (Table 2)