Table 3.

Effect of forage inclusion on feed intake and nutrient digestibility in lambs.

Variables	T1	T2	T3	T4	p-value	Standard error
Feed intake (kg DM/animal/day)
Concentrate feed	1.151ᵃ	1.105ᵃᵇ	0.978ᵇ	1.108ᵃᵇ	0.039	0.2160
Forage	0.000ᶜ	0.293ᵇ	0.377ᵃ	0.276ᵇ	0.001	0.0600
Total DM	1.151ᵇ	1.399ᵃ	1.354ᵃ	1.385ᵃ	0.001	0.2320
Digestibility (%)
DM	82.226ᵃ	79.921ᵃᵇ	78.851ᵃᵇ	78.170ᵇ	0.014	4.2207
CP	80.283ᵃ	79.745ᵃᵇ	78.238ᵃᵇ	78.040ᵇ	0.008	4.2865
Ash	82.318ᵃ	79.828ᵃᵇ	78.864ᵇ	78.423ᵇ	0.018	4.2558
NDF	81.915ᵃ	80.031ᵃᵇ	78.910ᵃᵇ	78.160ᵇ	0.015	4.2207
ADF	82.131ᵃ	79.211ᵃᵇ	78.665ᵇᶜ	76.422ᶜ	0.001	4.1369

T1 = Concentrate feed (CF), T2 = CF + Maralfalfa grass, T3 = CF + Mombaza grass, T4 = CF + CT-115 grass.

^a–c Values within a row with different superscripts differ significantly (p < 0.05).