Table 3.
Effect of feeding sesame meal (SM) on nutrient intake of Awassi ewes fed lactation diets (Experiment 2).
| Diets * | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item | SM0 (n = 10) | SM7.5 (n = 10) | SM15 (n = 10) | SEM |
| Nutrient intake, g/d | ||||
| Dry matter | 2039 | 1984 | 1962 | 45.51 |
| Crude protein | 329 | 319 | 316 | 7.33 |
| Neutral detergent fiber | 634 | 613 | 602 | 14.08 |
| Acid detergent fiber | 359 | 348 | 342 | 8.00 |
| Ether extract | 54 a | 85 b | 116 c | 1.95 |
Note: * Dietary treatments are (1) no sesame meal (SM0), (2) 7.5% sesame meal (SM7.5), or (3) 15% sesame meal (SM15) of dietary dry matter (DM) in substitution of soybean meal fed for 8 weeks; a,b,c within a row means without a common superscript difference (p ≤ 0.05).