Table 4: Dry matter and nutrient digestibility of local sheep fed hay and supplemented with a concentrate mixture, Atella, Faidherbiaalbida and Sesbania sesban leaves.
Apparent |
Treatment Feeds |
SEM |
SL |
Digestibility (%) |
T1
|
T2
|
T3
|
T4
|
DM |
67.5 |
65.6 |
61.1 |
63.8 |
1.65 |
ns |
OM |
75.7a
|
73.5a
|
59.3b
|
69.3ab
|
2.75 |
** |
CP |
75.6a
|
73.4ab
|
60.2c
|
67.9b
|
1.63 |
*** |
NDF |
67.2a
|
65.7a
|
50.4b
|
61.5a
|
1.99 |
*** |
ADF |
59.6a
|
58.4a
|
40.1b
|
51.8a
|
2.23 |
*** |
a-c mean values in a row having different superscripts differ significantly; ns= not significant; **= significant at P < 0.01; ***= significant at P < 0.001; SL= significance level; SEM = standard error of the mean; 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