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Table 3 Dry matter and nutrient digestibility of Farta sheep fed urea-treated rice straw and supplemented with dried Sesbania sesban leaves

From: Nutrient intake, digestibility, growth performance and carcass characteristics of Farta sheep fed urea-treated rice straw supplemented with graded levels of dried Sesbania sesban leaves

Digestibility

Treatment

T 1

T 2

T 3

T 4

T 5

SL

DM

56.5b

65.4ab

65.8ab

67a

67a

*

OM

59.7b

67.7ab

68.3ab

69.7ab

70.6a

*

CP

63.8b

65b

69.02ab

72.44a

73.02a

**

NDF

49.6c

54.5b

60.3b

63.9ab

78.4a

**

ADF

53.1b

53.4b

59.7b

63.5ab

81.1a

**

ADL

47.9b

52b

55.2b

61ab

76.3a

*

  1. DM dry matter, CP crude protein, NDF neutral detergent fiber, ADF acid detergent fiber, ADL acid detergent lignin, OM organic matter, SL significance level, NS nonsignificant, T1 (control) = UTRS, T2 = UTRS + 100 g SSL, T3 = UTRS + 200 g SSL, T4 = UTRS + 300 SSL, T5 = UTRS + 400 g SSL
  2. ab Means in the same row with different superscript differ significantly at **P < 0.01; *P < 0.05