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Table 1 Chemical composition of feeds offered during the experiment

From: Effect of Millettia ferruginea (Birbra) foliage supplementation on feed intake, digestibility, body weight change and carcass characterstics of Washera sheep fed natural pasture grass hay basal diet

Chemical fractions

Composition g/kg feed for DM and g/kg DM for others

Natural pasture grass hay

M. ferruginea leaf hay

DM

920.2

925.3

OM

934.3

894.5

CP

70.1

224.6

NDF

717.8

556.6

ADF

409.4

360.7

ADL

99.7

127.4

  1. DM = dry matter; OM = organic matter; CP = crude protein; NDF = neutral detergent fiber; ADF = acid detergent fiber; ADL = acid detergent lignin.
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