Noug Seed (Guizotia abyssinica) Cake Substituted with Dried Mulberry (Morus indica) and Vernonia amygdalina Mixed Leaves’ Meal on Growth Performances of Bonga Sheep at Teppi, Ethiopia

Table 2

Chemical compositions of experimental feed ingredients, treatments diet, and offered and refused hay.

Sample description	Chemical compositions (%), DM
	DM	OM	CP	Ash	NDF	ADF	ADL
Feed ingredients
Hay offered	93.1	90.3	7.9	9.7	74.8	46.8	6.4
Mulberry leaf meal	92.1	83.3	18.5	16.7	28.6	26.6	7.4
Vernonia leaf meal	91.0	87.6	22.5	12.5	46.0	26.0	4.9
Ground maize grain	87.6	94.3	8.3	5.8	15.3	4.2	2.0
Noug seed cake	92.3	90.9	32.4	9.0	31.6	22.7	6.1
Treatments diets offered
T1	89.9	94.2	19.8	5.8	23.5	13.5	3.6
T2	89.8	92.2	18.9	7.8	24.9	14.7	6.4
T3	89.9	90.6	17.9	9.4	26.2	15.9	5.6
T4	90.1	90.3	16.7	9.7	27.3	16.9	7.3
T5	90.0	89.5	15.8	10.5	28.3	17.8	8.1
Hay refusal
T1	92.9	90.9	4.4	9.0	76.5	51.6	8.8
T2	92.8	91.5	4.5	8.5	78.4	53.2	8.9
T3	92.9	91.4	4.7	8.6	77.41	52.4	8.6
T4	92.7	90.7	4.3	9.3	77.5	52.4	8.9
T5	92.7	91.4	3.9	8.6	78.0	53.12	8.9

DM: dry matter; OM: organic matter; CP: crude protein; NDF: neutral detergent fiber; ADF: acid detergent fiber; ADL: acid detergent lignin; T1 = Rhodes grass hay ad libitum + 100% concentrate mix; T2 = Rhodes grass hay ad libitum + 75% noug seed cake (NSC) and 25% dried mulberry and Vernonia mixed leaves’ meal; T3 = Rhodes grass hay ad libitum + 50% NSC and 50% dried mulberry and Vernonia mixed leaves’ meal; T4 = Rhodes grass hay ad libitum + 25% NSC and 75% dried mulberry and Vernonia mixed leaves’ meal; T5 = Rhodes grass hay ad libitum + 100% dried mulberry and Vernonia mixed leaves’ meal.