Table-2.
Nutrient contents of experimental diet (g/kg as DM).
| Attributes | Experimental diet | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | Finisher | Azolla | |||||||
| C | T1 | T2 | T3 | C | T1 | T2 | T3 | ||
| DM | 886.5 | 891.0 | 873.8 | 881.8 | 864.5 | 881.9 | 883.4 | 891.4 | 98.8 |
| ASH | 151.8 | 173.5 | 179.4 | 191.1 | 153.6 | 169.2 | 183.0 | 190.5 | 216.7 |
| CP | 231.6 | 233.4 | 237.9 | 240.0 | 196.8 | 199.9 | 202.2 | 206.9 | 256.4 |
| EE | 43.2 | 33.3 | 38.7 | 32.9 | 56.2 | 44.3 | 44.9 | 43.8 | 31.5 |
| CF | 40.1 | 40.9 | 41.2 | 43.0 | 43.9 | 44.2 | 44.9 | 45.8 | 172.9 |
| NFE | 533.3 | 518.9 | 502.8 | 493.0 | 549.5 | 542.4 | 525.2 | 508.5 | 322.5 |
| NDF | 303.0 | 311.9 | 335.0 | 310.0 | 356.7 | 339.9 | 330.1 | 345.1 | 511.5 |
| ADF | 112.7 | 92.2 | 100.7 | 109.3 | 122.2 | 114.5 | 119.8 | 129.1 | 433.8 |
| Ca | 13.8 | 16.0 | 16.9 | 17.2 | 10.2 | 13.4 | 14.0 | 14.6 | 111.2 |
| P | 9.7 | 10.5 | 10.9 | 11.4 | 9.0 | 9.8 | 10.2 | 10.4 | 59.1 |
DM=Dry matter, CP=Crude protein, EE=Ether extract, CF=Crude fiber, NFE=Nitrogen free extract, ADF=Acid detergent fiber, NDF=Neutral detergent fiber