Table 3.
Apparent digestibility of nutrients of fattening Hu sheep fed with mulberry leaf powder %.
| Item | Treatments | SEM | p-Value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | T15 | T30 | T45 | T60 | Linear | Quadratic | ||
| DM | 61.46 | 63.17 | 66.89 | 67.12 | 64.00 | 1.833 | 0.10 | 0.17 |
| OM | 50.52 b | 50.06 b | 60.86 a | 63.23 a | 65.54 a | 3.120 | 0.03 | <0.01 |
| CP | 72.01 | 72.63 | 75.03 | 76.21 | 73.93 | 1.872 | 0.18 | 0.38 |
| ADF | 47.35 | 48.38 | 48.89 | 52.00 | 53.79 | 3.781 | 0.95 | 0.13 |
| NDF | 50.87 b | 54.22 ab | 59.13 a | 61.21 a | 66.73 a | 2.549 | 0.02 | 0.04 |
| EE | 76.06 | 73.16 | 82.46 | 77.68 | 85.91 | 4.414 | 0.74 | 0.16 |
DM = dry matter; OM = organic matter; CP = crude protein; ADF = acid detergent fiber; NDF = neutral detergent fiber; EE = ether extract. a,b Values within a row with different superscripts differ significantly at p ≤ 0.05.