Table 4: Dry matter and nutrient digestibility of local sheep fed hay and supplemented with a concentrate mixture, Atella, Faidherbiaalbida and Sesbania sesban leaves.


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
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 ***