Table 3 Nitrogen balance, Average Daily Gain (ADG), Feed conversion with Creole kids fed Dichanthium hay or mixed diets of Dichanthium hay and alfalfa, Cajanus cajan, Leucaena leucocephala, Manihot esculenta, or a blend (1/3 Cajanus cajan, 1/3 Leucaena leucocephala, 1/3 Manihot esculenta) of foliage as a pellet.

From: Nutraceutical properties of Leucaena leucocephala, Manihot esculenta, Cajanus cajan and a foliage blend in goat kids infected with Haemonchus contortus

 

Leucaena leucocephala

Manihot esculenta

Blend

Cajanus cajan

Dichanthium spp

Alfalfa

SEM

P

N intake (g/d)

9.6a

9.0b

8.0c

7.3d

3.6e

8.1f

0.118

0.001

N faecal excretion (g/d)

4.7a

4.8a

4.6a

4.2a

2.2b

3.5c

0.162

0.001

N urinary excretion (g/d)

1.4a

0.9b

0.9b

0.9b

 

1.15a

0.169

0.1580

N retained (g/d)

3.6a

2.9b

2.4c

2.1c

 

3.5a

0.227

0.0001

N faecal excretiona, g/day

3.6a

4.1b

4.4b

4.4b

4.7b

3.3a

0.228

0.0001

N urinary excretiona, g/day

1.0

0.8

1.0

1.2

 

1.2

0.193

0.4807

ADG, g/day

70.7a

66.9a

60.6a

59.1a

26.4b

70.3a

10.78

0.0262

ADGb, g/day

120.8a

96.2b

80.3b

68.4c

 

119.2a

8.12

0.0001

ADGc, g/day

283.1a

259.6a

286.2a

281.7a

189.0b

281.1a

18.38

0.0109

Feed conversion, feed/kg ADG

8.1

9.0

12.1

9.8

13.2

9.0

2.23

0.3327

  1. aMeans were estimated by taking nitrogen intake as a covariate in the statistical analysis model. ADG estimated on the basis of energy intakeb. ADG c estimated on the basis of N retained.
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