Table 1 Intake of uninfected (U) or infected (I, with H. contortus) Creole kids eating: Dichanthium spp. hay + alfalfa pellet (A); Dichanthium spp. hay + L. leucocephala pellet (L); Dichanthium spp. hay + (25% L. leucocephala pellet + 75% alfalfa pellet; 25 L); Dichanthium spp. hay + (50% L. leucocephala pellet + 50% alfalfa pellet; 50 L)

Item

U-A

I-25 L

I-50 L

I-A

U-L

I-L

SE

Treatment

Diet

Infection

Dry Matter g/d /Live Weight ^0.75

77.0ab

82.0 a

78.9a

73.6b

79.3a

70.8b

2.27

0.0024

0.0037

0.0289

Dry Matter g/Live Weight

41.5ab

44.0a

42.9b

39.9a

42.4a

39.2b

1.18

0.0370

0.0286

0.1269

Digestible Dry Matter/Live Weight ^0.75

48.2a

51.7a

49.5a

45.8a

46.8a

39.6b

1.99

< 0.0001

0.009

0.0440

Dry Matter, g/d

497.4b

535.0b

466.5a

497.2ab

521.8b

414.7c

25.05

0.0079

0.0119

0.0189

Organic Matter, g/d

455.1b

489.1b

425.5a

454.5ab

481.0b

381.8c

22.89

0.0098

0.0134

0.0158

Crude Protein, g/d

83.7c

108.2b

84.1c

90.8a

102.9b

86.1ac

5.34

0.0078

0.0012

0.1690

Digestible Crude Protein g/Live Weight ^0.75

8.7a

9.9a

8.4b

8.0a

7.5a

6.6c

0.56

< 0.0001

0.0015

0.3743

Neutral Detergent Fibre, g/d

298.7a

292.9a

295.0a

269.4a

283.9a

217.5b

13.76

< 0.0001

0.0010

0.0039

Acid Detergent Fibre, g/d

173.4a

157.0a

168.7a

159.6a

144.9a

110.9b

7.68

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

0.0097

Consumption index, g feed/g Daily Growth

7.0b

6.3ab

6.9a

6.5ab

9.2c

7.2b

0.50

0.0152

0.0396

0.0366