Intake, Nutrient Apparent Digestibility, and Ruminal Constituents of Crossbred Dorper × Santa Inês Sheep Fed Diets with Babassu Mesocarp Flour

Table 3

Intake (g⋅day⁻¹) and nutrient digestibility (Dig, g⋅g of DM⁻¹) by Dorper × Santa Inês sheep fed increasing levels of babassu mesocarp flour.

Item	Diet^1				SEM^2
	0	10	20	30
⁢Dry matter
Intake^4	1157.6	1397.6	1171.2	815.6	0.061	0.005	0.003	0.393
Digestibility^5	78.8	76.5	70.1	68.8	0.013	0.001	0.826	0.351
⁢Crude protein
Intake^6	199.2	239.2	212.4	148.0	0.014	0.016	0.003	0.666
Digestibility^7	83.8	91.4	83.6	80.0	0.018	0.1707	0.006	0.078
⁢Neutral detergent fiber corrected for ash
Intake^8	356.2	490.2	442.8	333.8	0.023	0.484	0.004	0.464
Digestibility^9	62.7	60.2	47.1	49.9	0.021	0.011	0.518	0.155
⁢Ether extract
Intake^10	16.4	17.4	16.0	10.0	0.001	0.001	0.007	0.667
Digestibility^11	72.4	83.7	84.2	98.2	0.028	<0.001	0.334	0.126
⁢Organic matter
Intake^12	1063.2	1273.0	1091.8	770.0	0.063	0.009	0.004	0.495
Digestibility^13	80.2	77.9	73.3	72.6	0.015	0.004	0.679	0.463
⁢Nonfiber carbohydrates
Intake^14	511.6	603.8	470.0	315.2	0.036	<0.001	0.006	0.281
Digestibility^15	92.6	89.7	95.5	95.7	0.017	<0.001	0.004	0.0601
⁢Total carbohydrates
Intake^16	908.0	1094.0	913.0	649.1	0.058	0.006	0.005	0.365
Digestibility^17	80.9	76.5	72.2	72.3	0.013	0.003	0.254	0.612

Addition of 0, 10, 20, and 30% of babassu mesocarp flour in the diets.
SEM: standard error mean.
P: probability value.
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