Table 2.
Chemical compositions of experimental feed ingredients, treatments diet, and offered and refused hay.
| Sample description | Chemical compositions (%), DM | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DM | OM | CP | Ash | NDF | ADF | ADL | |
| Feed ingredients | |||||||
| Hay offered | 93.1 | 90.3 | 7.9 | 9.7 | 74.8 | 46.8 | 6.4 |
| Mulberry leaf meal | 92.1 | 83.3 | 18.5 | 16.7 | 28.6 | 26.6 | 7.4 |
| Vernonia leaf meal | 91.0 | 87.6 | 22.5 | 12.5 | 46.0 | 26.0 | 4.9 |
| Ground maize grain | 87.6 | 94.3 | 8.3 | 5.8 | 15.3 | 4.2 | 2.0 |
| Noug seed cake | 92.3 | 90.9 | 32.4 | 9.0 | 31.6 | 22.7 | 6.1 |
| Treatments diets offered | |||||||
| T1 | 89.9 | 94.2 | 19.8 | 5.8 | 23.5 | 13.5 | 3.6 |
| T2 | 89.8 | 92.2 | 18.9 | 7.8 | 24.9 | 14.7 | 6.4 |
| T3 | 89.9 | 90.6 | 17.9 | 9.4 | 26.2 | 15.9 | 5.6 |
| T4 | 90.1 | 90.3 | 16.7 | 9.7 | 27.3 | 16.9 | 7.3 |
| T5 | 90.0 | 89.5 | 15.8 | 10.5 | 28.3 | 17.8 | 8.1 |
| Hay refusal | |||||||
| T1 | 92.9 | 90.9 | 4.4 | 9.0 | 76.5 | 51.6 | 8.8 |
| T2 | 92.8 | 91.5 | 4.5 | 8.5 | 78.4 | 53.2 | 8.9 |
| T3 | 92.9 | 91.4 | 4.7 | 8.6 | 77.41 | 52.4 | 8.6 |
| T4 | 92.7 | 90.7 | 4.3 | 9.3 | 77.5 | 52.4 | 8.9 |
| T5 | 92.7 | 91.4 | 3.9 | 8.6 | 78.0 | 53.12 | 8.9 |
DM: dry matter; OM: organic matter; CP: crude protein; NDF: neutral detergent fiber; ADF: acid detergent fiber; ADL: acid detergent lignin; T1 = Rhodes grass hay ad libitum + 100% concentrate mix; T2 = Rhodes grass hay ad libitum + 75% noug seed cake (NSC) and 25% dried mulberry and Vernonia mixed leaves' meal; T3 = Rhodes grass hay ad libitum + 50% NSC and 50% dried mulberry and Vernonia mixed leaves' meal; T4 = Rhodes grass hay ad libitum + 25% NSC and 75% dried mulberry and Vernonia mixed leaves' meal; T5 = Rhodes grass hay ad libitum + 100% dried mulberry and Vernonia mixed leaves' meal.