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Table 2 Daily feed and nutrient intake of Washera sheep fed natural pasture grass hay supplemented with Millettia ferruginea leaf hay

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

Intake (g/day)

Treatments

SEM

T1

T2

T3

T4

DM

 

Grass hay

591a

434b

336b

357b

36.47

MFLH

-

133b

263a

253a

19.58

Total

591

567

596

612

34.44

OM

561

525

547

562

32.13

CP

42c

65b

86a

85a

2.71

NDF

434

385

386

398

24.61

ADF

257

233

234

244

14.63

  1. a,b,cMeans within a row with different superscripts differ significantly (P < 0.05); SEM = standard error of the mean; DM = dry matter; OM = organic matter; NDF = neutral detergent fiber; ADF = acid detergent; CP = crude protein; MFLH = Millettia ferruginea leaf hay; T1 = sole natural pasture grass hay fed ad libitum; T2 = 150 g MFLH + natural pasture grass hay fed ad libitum; T3 = 300 g MFLH + natural pasture grass hay fed ad libitum; T4 = 450 g MFLH + natural pasture grass hay fed ad libitum.