Table 3. Proximate composition (%DM) of unprocessed and processed E. delegorguei.

Parameter	Unprocessed	Processed	Significance (p<0.05)
Organic matter	98.4±0.08	98.2±0.07	NS
Crude protein	33.2±0.22	37.7±0.05	*
Fat	62.4±0.34	57.7±0.38	**
Neutral detergent fibre	37.3±0.78	32.6±1.13	*
Acid detergent fibre	17.5±0.18	19.0±0.20	*

*indicates significance at P<0.05

**indicates significance at P<0.01

^NSindicates no significance at P>0.05