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Table 6.

Performances on the energy apparent digestibility and metabolism in sheep fed different diets.

Item	Diet¹
Item	CON (n = 10)	MLF (n = 5)	RES (n = 5)
Metabolic weight, kg W^0.75	21.56 ± 0.15^b	22.65 ± 0.52^a	23.47 ± 0.19^a
GEI, MJ/d	29.33 ± 0.00	29.33 ± 0.00	29.33 ± 0.00
GEI/W^0.75, MJ/(kg W^0.75 · d)	1.37 ± 0.01	1.27 ± 0.01	1.25 ± 0.01^b
FE, MJ/d	12.58 ± 0.16^a	11.12 ± 0.05^b	9.79 ± 0.53^c
FE/W^0.75, MJ/(kg W^0.75 · d)	0.59 ± 0.01^a	0.48 ± 0.01^b	0.42 ± 0.02^c
UE, MJ/d	0.78 ± 0.05	0.80 ± 0.05	0.66 ± 0.07
UE/W^0.75, MJ/(kg W^0.75 · d)	0.04 ± 0.00^a	0.03 ± 0.00^ab	0.03 ± 0.00^b
CH₄E, MJ/d	2.44 ± 0.02	2.41 ± 0.07	2.36 ± 0.10
CH₄E/W^0.75, MJ/(kg W^0.75 · d)	0.11 ± 0.00^a	0.11 ± 0.00^ab	0.10 ± 0.00^b
DE, MJ/d	16.75 ± 0.16^c	18.21 ± 0.05^b	19.55 ± 0.53^a
DE/W^0.75, MJ/(kg W^0.75 · d)	0.78 ± 0.01^b	0.79 ± 0.01^b	0.83 ± 0.03^a
ME, MJ/d	13.53 ± 0.16^c	14.93 ± 0.07^b	16.53 ± 0.54^a
ME/W^0.75, MJ/(kg W^0.75 · d)	0.63 ± 0.01^b	0.65 ± 0.01^b	0.71 ± 0.03^a
DE:GEI ratio	57.10 ± 0.54^c	62.08 ± 0.18^b	66.62 ± 1.79^a
ME:GEI ratio	46.13 ± 0.53^c	50.90 ± 0.24^b	56.36 ± 1.82^a
ME:DE ratio	80.77 ± 0.34^b	81.99 ± 0.50^b	84.47 ± 0.70^a
CH₄E:GEI ratio	8.31 ± 0.06	8.21 ± 0.24	8.04 ± 0.33

kg W^0.75 = body weight (kg) raised to the power 0.75; GEI = gross energy intake; FE = fecal energy losses; UE = urinary energy losses; CH₄E = energy loses in CH₄ emission.

^{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.