Table 4.
Intake, digestibility of various nutrients and plane of nutrition after 21 days of feeding in different groups
| Attributes | T01) | T1 | T2 | SEM | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intake (g/d) | |||||
| Dry matter intake | 507.92 | 585.09 | 614.01 | 38.25 | 0.535 |
| Organic matter | 460.99 | 531.23 | 554.61 | 34.11 | 0.537 |
| Crude protein | 90.09 | 102.65 | 105.71 | 5.47 | 0.494 |
| NDF | 289.62 | 307.16 | 330.57 | 21.11 | 0.764 |
| ADF | 137.89 | 143.07 | 159.00 | 11.99 | 0.771 |
| Digestibility (%) | |||||
| Dry matter | 75.11 | 75.15 | 74.66 | 0.88 | 0.559 |
| Organic matter | 76.32 | 76.80 | 76.29 | 0.84 | 0.910 |
| Ether extract | 58.83a | 54.58b | 54.68b | 0.59 | 0.047 |
| Crude protein | 73.44 | 74.85 | 73.76 | 0.50 | 0.804 |
| NDF | 72.35 | 71.65 | 70.17 | 0.51 | 0.239 |
| ADF | 61.93 | 64.25 | 62.88 | 0.91 | 0.558 |
| Hemicellulose | 76.81 | 78.08 | 77.52 | 0.34 | 0.589 |
| Cellulose | 66.98 | 66.30 | 66.89 | 0.67 | 0.706 |
| Plane of nutrition and nutritive value of diet | |||||
| DCP (g/d) | 66.59 | 76.81 | 78.08 | 4.28 | 0.511 |
| DCP (g/kg W0.75) | 7.36 | 8.17 | 8.61 | 0.59 | 0.715 |
| TDN (g/d) | 381.89 | 429.21 | 457.40 | 29.06 | 0.599 |
| TDN (g/kg W0.75) | 42.10 | 45.74 | 50.48 | 3.81 | 0.706 |
| DCP (%) | 12.07 | 12.96 | 12.57 | 0.26 | 0.381 |
SEM, standard error of the mean; NDF, neutral detergent fibre; ADF, acid detergent fibre; DCP, digestable crude protein; TDN, total digestable nutrients.
1)
T0, control group; T1, tea seed supplemented group; T2, tea saponin supplemented group.
ab
Means values bearing different superscripts in a row differ significantly (p<0.05).