Effect of Feeding Different Mixtures of Short Milled Wheat and Sesame Seed Cake on Intake, Digestibility, and Live Bodyweight Changes for Abergelle Sheep in Tigray

Table 2: Daily feed intake of sheep fed hay and supplemented with different mixes of sesame seed cake and short milled wheat combination.

Feed Intake (g)		Diets			SEM	SL
Feed Intake (g)	Diet 1	Diet 2	Diet 3	Diet 4	SEM	SL
Hay DMI	725.00^a	727.20^a	701.40^b	693.10^b	6.6	**
Supplement DMI	0.00	120.00	240.00	360.00	-	-
Total DMI	725.00^d	847.20^c	941.40^b	1053.10^a	6.6	***
DMI (% BW)	2.88 ^ab	3.00 ^a	2.80 ^b	2.60 ^c	0.06	**
DMI (g/kg W^0.75)	74.3^c	73.6 ^c	80.2^b	87.9^a	1.31	***
TOMI	647.0^d	763.2^c	855.0^b	962.0^a	5.83	***
OMI (% BW)	3.2^ab	3.4^a	3.2^b	2.9^c	0.08	**
OMI (g/kg W^{0. 75})	66.3^b	66.0^b	72.1^b	79.1^a	1.16	***
Total CPI	54.9^d	84.5^c	112.0^b	140.8^a	0.50	***
Total NDFI	542.7^d	589.5^c	614.7^b	652.8^a	4.98	***
Total ADFI	340.0^c	356.4^b	360.7^b	375.3^a	3.10	***
Total ADLI	77.2^d	83.9^c	88.5^b	93.9^a	0.72	***
EME intake(MJ/day)	10.2^d	12.0^c	13.4^b	15.2^a	0.10	***

^{a, b, c, d,} means within a row not bearing a common superscript letter significantly differ; **= (P<0.01); ***= (P<0.001); NS=not significant; DMI=Dry matter intake; SEM=Standard error of mean; OMI=Organic matter intake; CPI=Crude protein intake; NDFI=neutral detergent fibre intake; ADFI=acid detergent fiber intake; ADLI=acid detergent lignin intake; %BW=percent of body weight; g/W^0.75=gram per metabolic weight; SL=significant level; Diet1= grass hay adlib tum (control); Diet2= grass hay adlib tum +45g sesame seed cake+75g Short milled wheat; Diet3= grass hay adlib tum +95g sesame seed cake+145g short milled wheat; Diet4= grass hay adlib tum +140 sesame seed cake+ 220 short milled wheat; EME= estimated metabolizable energy; MJ= mega joule.