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Table 3.

The apparent digestibility of DM and OM in sheep fed different diets.

Item	Diets¹
Item	CON (n = 10)	MLF (n = 5)	RES (n = 5)
DM
DMI, g/d	1,512.54 ± 0.06	1,512.51 ± 0.04	1,512.62 ± 0.04
DM in faeces, g/d	591.83 ± 20.28^a	608.04 ± 3.04^a	529.05 ± 28.68^b
Digested DM, g/d	920.70 ± 20.29^b	904.46 ± 3.01^b	983.57 ± 28.67^a
Apparent digestibility,%	60.87 ± 1.34^b	59.80 ± 0.20^b	65.02 ± 1.90^a
OM
OM intake, g/d	1,549.82 ± 0.06	1,549.79 ± 0.05	1,549.91 ± 0.04
OM in faeces, g/d	616.04 ± 8.52^a	607.86 ± 4.78^a	488.00 ± 26.89^b
Digested OM, g/d	933.79 ± 8.52^b	941.93 ± 4.75^b	1,061.91 ± 26.88^a
Apparent digestibility, %	60.25 ± 0.55^b	60.78 ± 0.31^b	68.51 ± 1.73^a

^{a, b} Within a row, means with different superscripts differ significantly (P < 0.05).

CON = the basal diet; MLF = the basal diet supplemented with 2 g mulberry leaf flavonoids per day per animal; RES = the basal diet supplemented with 0.25 g resveratrol per day per animal.