Table-2.
Treatment | pH | NH3–N (mg/dL) | Digestibility (%) | |
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| ||||
DM | OM | |||
T1 | 6.83 | 32.3b | 41.5b | 40.0b |
T2 | 6.80 | 44.9a | 57.8a | 55.2a |
T3 | 6.83 | 38.0a,b | 54.8a,b | 53.3a |
T4 | 6.80 | 31.9b | 53.1a,b | 51.2a |
T5 | 6.83 | 44.0a | 57.5a,b | 55.6a |
T6 | 6.77 | 31.0b | 53.9a | 52.2a |
T7 | 6.87 | 44.5a | 59.3a,b | 57.2a |
SEM | 0.016 | 1.557 | 1.623 | 1.257 |
p-value | 0.815 | 0.003 | 0.034 | 0.000 |
T1=Mimosa pigra leaf; T2=L. leucocephala leaf; T3=Mimosa pigra leaf + L. leucocephala leaf (50:50); T4=Mimosa pigra leaf + Water Spinach 0.5%; T5=L. leucocephala leaves + Water Spinach 0.5%; T6=Mimosa pigra leaf + Water Spinach 1%, and T7=L. leucocephala leaf + Water Spinach 1%, SEM=Standard error of the mean, L. leucocephala=Leucaena leucocephala, M. pigra=Mimosa pigra. a,b,cSuperscripts differences in the same column show significant differences among. p < 0.05