Table 5.
Intake, digestibility of various nutrients and plane of nutrition after 90 days of feeding in different groups
| Attributes | T01) | T1 | T2 | SEM | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intake (g/d) | |||||
| Dry matter intake | 573.37 | 714.12 | 657.34 | 44.98 | 0.445 |
| Organic matter | 515.83 | 637 | 595.75 | 40.08 | 0.463 |
| Crude protein | 95.01 | 115.08 | 109.32 | 6.49 | 0.438 |
| Ether extract | 15.30 | 19.45 | 17.76 | 1.20 | 0.374 |
| NDF | 331.97 | 407.01 | 370.34 | 25.82 | 0.504 |
| ADF | 159.77 | 182.91 | 168.23 | 12.49 | 0.758 |
| Digestibility (%) | |||||
| Dry matter | 75.11 | 74.83 | 75.85 | 0.62 | 0.821 |
| Organic matter | 77.18 | 76.98 | 77.73 | 0.50 | 0.848 |
| Ether extract | 60.44 | 60.46 | 57.53 | 0.99 | 0.433 |
| Crude protein | 78.09 | 80.60 | 79.37 | 0.71 | 0.357 |
| NDF | 73.03 | 71.77 | 71.73 | 0.55 | 0.576 |
| ADF | 66.01 | 63.60 | 63.56 | 0.71 | 0.282 |
| Hemicellulose | 76.92 | 76.72 | 76.40 | 0.76 | 0.966 |
| Cellulose | 70.21 | 70.02 | 69.95 | 0.71 | 0.989 |
| Plane of nutrition and nutritive value of diet | |||||
| DCP (g/d) | 75.52 | 92.68 | 86.77 | 5.46 | 0.435 |
| DCP (g/kg W0.75) | 8.13 | 9.49 | 9.06 | 0.68 | 0.720 |
| TDN (g/d) | 421.37 | 523.82 | 490.30 | 34.81 | 0.482 |
| TDN (g/kg W0.75) | 45.57 | 53.74 | 51.26 | 4.28 | 0.740 |
| DCP (%) | 12.11 | 12.95 | 12.96 | 0.24 | 0.057 |
| TDN (%) | 71.73 | 73.18 | 73.93 | 0.60 | 0.372 |
SEM, standard error of the mean; NDF, neutral detergent fibre; ADF, acid detergent fibre; DCP, digestable crude protein; TDN, total digestable nutrients.
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T0, control group; T1, tea seed supplemented group; T2, tea saponin supplemented group.