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. 2023 Jan 30;16(1):215–221. doi: 10.14202/vetworld.2023.215-221

Table-2.

Nutritional digestibility and ammonia concentration in rumen.

Treatment pH NH3–N (mg/dL) Digestibility (%)

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