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From: Meadow up a tree: Feeding flocks with a native ash tree in the Moroccan mountains
Goat | Sheep | S.E.M. | Prob. | |
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DM intake (g/day) | ||||
Diet | 722.7 | 591.1 | 14.2 | <0.001 |
Ash tree | 581.7 | 450.2 | 10.9 | <0.001 |
DM diet digestibility | 0.712 | 0.703 | 0.036 | 0.29 |
OM diet digestibility | 0.738 | 0.733 | 0.041 | 0.36 |
Ash tree digestibility | ||||
Dry matter | 0.695 | 0.675 | 0.012 | 0.17 |
Organic matter | 0.705 | 0.683 | 0.010 | 0.14 |
Crude protein | 0.542 | 0.453 | 0.037 | 0.001 |
Neutral Detergent Fibre | 0.538 | 0.523 | 0.034 | 0.21 |
Acid Detergent Fibre | 0.462 | 0.473 | 0.026 | 0.38 |
Acid Detergent Lignin | 0.297 | 0.264 | 0.012 | 0.013 |
Ash tree intake (g/kgBW0.75) | ||||
Dry matter | 57.1 | 47.7 | 2.24 | <0.001 |
Digestible OM | 37.4 | 30.3 | 1.89 | <0.001 |
Digestible CP | 2.68 | 1.84 | 0.13 | <0.001 |
Estimated ME intake (MJ/kgBW0.75) | 0.57 | 0.47 |