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Table 1.

Chemical composition of browse plants (mean) used in the study (n = 3)

Scientific name	Chemical components (g/kg DM)

	Ash	OM	CP	NDIN	ADIN	ADF	NDF	ADL	EE
Acacia nilotica	90.8^g	836.8^h	153.9^k	23.9^f	22.8^h	410.3^d	517.5^a	153.2^d	26.3^ijk
Acacia sieberriana woodii	72.4^j	804.3^k	285.4^c	33.4^c	32.2^c	364.7^fg	425.8^d	174.3^c	41.4^b
Combretum microphyllum	81.3ⁱ	840.6^gh	165.1^j	30.0^e	26.0^f	437.8^c	498.2^b	88.2^j	26.2^jk
Combretum molle	62.7^l	847.8^f	130.8^l	19.4^k	17.8^l	430.5^c	498.6^b	67.8^l	26.7^hij
Euphorbia tirucalli	133.3a	767.9^o	87.8^r	11.8^m	5.4^o	367.4^f	377.9^f	66.1^l	28.1^fgh
Ficus religiosa	131.5b	797.2^l	126.6ⁿ	19.2^k	19.4^jk	483.2^b	496.3^b	108.1^g	18.6^m
Ficus thronniggi	120.5c	781.6ⁿ	277.8^d	23.8^h	15.1^m	336.9ⁱ	415.6^d	155.1^d	29.4^ef
Kirkia acuminata	50.7^q	877.1^d	129.3^m	39.1^b	41.2^a	271.6^k	317.8^h	118.7^f	24.8^kl
Kirkia willmsii	65.5^k	874.4^d	103.2^p	22.0ⁱ	20.4ⁱ	356.3^g	370.9^f	79.6^k	30.6^e
Lespendeza cuneata	58.0^p	885.8^c	214.8^f	23.0^h	19.8^ij	411.1^d	418.2^d	100.4^h	26.1^jk
Leucaena leucocephala	86.6^h	827.4ⁱ	305.0^a	39.3^b	32.1^C	382.3^e	443.4^c	89.3^j	29.2^efg
Melia azedarach	112.7^d	821.6^j	298.7^b	48.1^a	39.4^b	322.9^j	375.4^f	95.0ⁱ	30.1^e
Morus alba	120.4c	788.7^m	169.7ⁱ	28.2^f	22.9^h	273.3^k	292.8^j	91.7^ij	40.3^b
Olea europaea	59.1^o	907.7^a	93.0^q	23.6^h	18.7^k	346.7^h	378.6^f	221.2^b	27.8^ghi
Olea africanum	61.7^m	907.2^a	111.9^o	30.2^e	26.4^f	389.3^e	397.5^e	230.9^a	24.3^l
Peltrophorum africanum	60.1ⁿ	865.4^e	171.7^h	30.1^e	24.2^g	485.1^a	518.7^a	142.9^e	44.4^a
Quercus rubica	60.3ⁿ	892.5^b	178.5^g	37.7^c	28.0^d	418.1^d	522.4^a	124.9^f	35.9^c
Rhus lancea	105.1e	845.3^fg	86.9^r	15.3^l	14.1ⁿ	390.6^e	424.5^d	78.7^k	32.1^d
Ziziphus mucronta	96.9^f	840.4^gh	243.3^e	33.1^d	27.2^e	248.3^l	339.2^g	101.4^h	17.6^m
SEM	0.303	1.83	0.429	0.266	0.253	3.23	3.63	1.80	0.50
p value	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001

Dm, dry matter; OM, organic matter; CP, crude protein; NDIN, neutral detergent insoluble nitrogen; ADIN, acid detergent insoluble nitrogen; ADF, acid detergent fiber; NDF, neutral detergent fiber; ADL, acid detergent lignin; EE, ether extract; SEM, standard error of the mean.

Means with different superscript (letters) across the column for each parameter are significantly (p<0.05) different.