Effects of exogenous enzymes and application method on nutrient intake, digestibility and growth performance of Pelibuey lambs

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Table 3 Effect of supplemental exogenous enzymes and application method on nutrient digestibility of growing Pelibuey male lambs fed a diet containing buffel grass

Item	Control	Application method^a		SEM	Contrast^b (P values):
Item	Control	Oral-E	TMR-E		C1	C2
n	3	3	3
Digestibility (g/kg)
DM	742	796	793	9.52	0.0017	0.7968
OM	768	818	817	9.18	0.0020	0.9537
CP	754	775	780	6.56	0.1223	0.7483
NDF	667	715	724	10.78	0.0122	0.6063
ADF	349	365	440	15.78	0.0254	0.0116

^aBasal diet supplemented with 0 (Control, no enzyme) or with 1 ml of supplemental exogenous enzyme per kg DM of diet applied orally to each lamb 1 h before morning feeding (Oral-E) or sprayed on the diet (TMR-E) 24 h before morning feeding
^bC1, control versus Oral-E and TMR-E; C2, Oral-E versus TMR-E