Effect of Commercial and Non-conventional Feeds, Leaves of Indigenous and Improved Multipurpose Tree Supplementation on Feed Intake, Digestibility and Growth Performance of Sheep

Table 5: Body weight change and feed conversion efficiency of local sheep fed hay and supplemented with concentrate mixture, Atella, Faidherbia albida and Sesbania sesban leaves.

Parameters	Treatment Feeds				SEM	SL
Parameters	T₁	T₂	T₃	T₄	SEM	SL
Initial body weight (kg)	18.00	18.03	18.05	18.02	0.130	ns
Final body weight (kg)	22.5^a	22.11^ab	21.45^b	21.79^b	0.160	**
Body weight change (kg)	4.50^a	4.08^ab	3.40^b	3.78^ab	0.210	*
ADG (g/day)	50^a	45^ab	38^b	42^ab	2.3	*
FCE (g ADG/g TDMI)	0.07^a	0.06^ab	0.05^b	0.06^ab	0.003	**

^{a, b} mean values in a row having different superscripts differ significantly; ns= not significant; *= significant at P < 0.05; **= significant at P < 0.01; SL= significance level; SEM = Standard error of the mean; TDMI= total dry matter intake; 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