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Table 5 Nutrients digestibility (%) and nutritive value of experimental diets (means ± SE)

From: Effect of Moringa oleifera leaves powder in diets of lactating buffaloes

Item

Experimental groups

R1

R2

R3

R4

OM

63.51b ± 1.35

68.34a ± 1.01

64.26b ± 0.96

58.36c ± 2.31

CP

57.37c ± 0.72

64.12a ± 0.61

61.57b ± 0.84

56.98c ± 1.67

EE

68.65c ± 0.79

72.96a ± 0.63

71.16b ± 1.03

70.64ab ± 0.82

CF

59.51c ± 1.12

65.31a ± 1.31

61.44b ± 2.28

56.35d ± 0.91

NFE

70.32b ± 0.86

75.08a ± o.80

74.15a ± 0.95

68.12c ± 1.41

Nutritive value, %

 

 TDN

61.91c ± 0.56

66.15a ± 0.24

64.51b ± 0.87

59.52d ± 1.18

 DCP

6.23c ± 0.15

7.00a ± 0.06

6.77b ± 0.11

6.33c ± 0.21

  1. a,b,c,dMeans within rows followed by different superscripts are significantly different at (P < 0.05)