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 4

Percentages of apparent DM and nutrient digestibility of experimental diets fed to growing Bonga lambs with Rhodes grass hay basal diet.

Digestibility (%)	Treatments					SEM	SL
	T1	T2	T3	T4	T5
DM	70.8^a	68.8^a	69.1^a	67.9^ab	64.4^b	1.25
OM	73.8^a	71.5^a	70.94^a	70.3^ab	66.8^b	1.22
CP	81.8^a	78.6^ab	77.8^bc	74.7^cd	73.9^d	1.16
NDF	75.2^a	63.8^b	63.6^b	62.7^b	60.1^b	1.55
ADF	47.9	48.0	50.9	49.5	41.5	2.85	ns

^a,b,c,dMean values with different superscripts within a row are significantly different at  = (),  = (), and  = (). DM: dry matter; OM: organic matter; CP: crude protein; NDF: neutral detergent fiber; ADF: acid detergent fiber; SEM: standard error of the mean; SL: significant level; ns: nonsignificant. 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.