Table 3.
Effect of salvia sclarea extract on apparent digestibility of lambs (%).
| Items | Treatment | SEM | p-value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CK Group | CL1 Group | CL2 Group | CL3 Group | CL4 Group | Treat | Linear | Quadratic | ||
| DM | 78.80 | 79.72 | 79.23 | 81.80 | 80.39 | 1.17 | 0.610 | 0.814 | 0.423 |
| CP | 70.20b | 72.05ab | 73.29ab | 74.94a | 73.78ab | 1.80 | 0.048 | 0.313 | 0.029 |
| NDF | 63.34b | 66.83a | 66.97a | 68.84a | 65.81ab | 2.01 | 0.043 | 0.102 | 0.241 |
| ADF | 51.27 | 53.42 | 54.13 | 54.49 | 53.67 | 1.25 | 0.647 | 0.428 | 0.460 |
| EE | 79.79 | 81.36 | 82.63 | 83.96 | 82.58 | 1.56 | 0.717 | 0.836 | 0.517 |
DM, dry matter; CP, crude protein; NDF, neutral detergent fibre; ADF, acid detergent fibre; EE, ether extract; CK, control group; CL1: 0.04 mL/kg; CL2: 0.08 mL/kg; CL3: 0.12 mL/kg; CL4: 0.16 mL/kg.