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Table 1 Experimental treatment

From: Nutrient intake, digestibility and growth performance of Washera lambs fed natural pasture hay supplemented with graded levels of Ficus thonningii(Chibha) leaves as replacement for concentrate mixture

Treatments

Basal diet

Supplements

CM (g/d)

FTL (g/d)

CP (g)

T1

NPH

215 (100%)

0

57.62

T2

NPH

161.25 (75%)

112.50 (25%)

57.49

T3

NPH

107.50 (50%)

225.00 (50%)

57.36

T4

NPH

53.75 (25%)

337.50 (75%)

57.23

T5

NPH

0

450.00

57.11

  1. NPH natural pasture hay, FTL Ficus thonningii leaves, CM concentrate mixture; T1 = NPH + 0 g FTL +215 g CM; T2 = NPH + 112.5 g FTL +161.25 g CM; T3 = NPH + 225 g FTL +107.5 g CM; T4 = NPH + 337.5 g FTL +53.75 g CM; T5 = NPH + 450 g FTL +0 g CM