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Table 4 Dry matter intake and nutrient digestibility (Least square means ± standard error of mean) in goats fed diets containing different parts of Andrographis paniculata

From: Effects of dietary supplementation of leaves and whole plant of Andrographis paniculata on rumen fermentation, fatty acid composition and microbiota in goats

 

Dietary treatments

 

Parameter

Control

APL

APW

P value

DMI (g/d)

796.33 ± 4.21

816.10 ± 5.23

827.13 ± 4.50

0.08

DM digestibility (%)

61.87 ± 0.04

66.35+ ± 0.03

66.50+ ± 0.01

0.03

Nutrient digestibility (%)

 Crude protein

43.98 ± 1.57

60.35+ ± 1.55

67.50+ ± 0.07

0.01

 Ether extract

62.71 ± 1.10

64.02 ± 0.19

64.85 ± 0.30

0.64

 Acid detergent fibre

39.42 ± 0.24

40.69+ ± 0.14

40.89+ ± 0.10

0.04

 Neutral detergent fibre

57.53 ± 0.20

60.32+ ± 0.07

60.50+ ± 0.03

0.02

  1. Control basal diet, APL basal diet +1.5% (w/w) Andrographis paniculata leaf powder, APW basal diet +1.5% (w/w) whole plant of Andrographis paniculata powder
  2. +Differ from the control (P < 0.05)
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