Table 3: Daily dry matter and nutrient intakes of local sheep fed hay and supplemented with a concentrate mixture, Atella, Faidherbiaalbida and Sesbania sesban leaves.

Intake (g/day) Treatment Feeds
T1 T2 T3 T4 SEM SL
DM
Hay DM 398a 400a 375b 397a 1.4 ***
Supplement DM 300 330 360 280 - -
Total DM 698b 730a 735a 677c 1.4 ***
Nutrient Intake (g/day)
OM 631.9b 660.1a 664.6a 593.4c 1.38 ***
CP 104a 104a 102b 104a 0.11 *
NDF 406.7c 454.1b 474.6a 350.7d 1.18 ***
ADF 231.8d 260.3b 299.4a 236.5c 0.78 ***
ME (MJ/day) 8.5 8.7 7.3 7.5 0.30 ns

a-d mean values in a row having different superscripts differ significantly; *** = significant at P < 0.001; ns= not significant; SL= significance level; SEM = standard error of the mean; ME = metabolizable energy; MJ = mega joule; T1 = Hay ad libitum + 300 g DM CM /day; T2 = Hay ad libitum + 330 g DM Atella/day; T3 = Hay ad libitum + 360 g DM F. albida/day; T4 = Hay ad libitum +280 g DM S.sesban/day