Table 2.

Effect of condensed tannins supplementation on nutrient intake by sheep

Attributes	Group			SEM	P values
	NC	C	T
Dry matter
g day−1	624.27 ± 84.95	669.77 ± 96.22	683.37 ± 83.02	48.25	0.885
% LW	2.31 ± 0.24	2.59 ± 0.31	2.62 ± 0.33	0.16	0.720
Organic matter
g day−1	599.17 ± 78.11	642.39 ± 89.02	648.64 ± 77.98	44.72	0.898
% LW	2.22 ± 0.22	2.48 ± 0.29	2.49 ± 0.31	0.15	0.732
Concentrate
g day−1	188.18b ± 9.47	188.27b ± 13.43	143.73a ± 6.27	7.50	0.010
% LW	0.71b ± 0.01	0.74b ± 0.05	0.55a ± 0.03	0.03	0.003
Leaf meal mixture
g day−1	0.00	0.00	114.83 ± 16.85	14.15	0.000
% LW	0.00	0.00	0.44 ± 0.07	0.05	0.000
Roughage
g day−1	436.09 ± 78.49	481.50 ± 83.27	424.82 ± 60.86	41.01	0.853
% LW	1.60 ± 0.26	1.85 ± 0.27	1.63 ± 0.24	0.14	0.758

NC negative control, C control, T treatment

^abMeans with different superscripts within a row differ significantly