Table 2 Total tract digestibility 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

0.620a

0.625a

0.624a

0.617a

0.585ac

0.548b

0.0143

< 0.0001

0.0016

0.2363

Organic Matter

0.585a

0.590a

0.586a

0.587a

0.550c

0.509b

0.0157

< 0.0001

0.0028

0.2143

Crude Protein

0.648a

0.651a

0.649a

0.675a

0.569a

0.516b

0.0166

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

0.5166

Neutral Detergent Fibre

0.640a

0.595a

0.631a

0.605a

0.558b

0.494b

0.0231

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

0.0565

Acid Detergent Fibre

0.614a

0.520a

0.592ab

0.582b

0.442c

0.352c

0.0333

0.01010

< 0.0001

0.1029

Average Daily Gain (ADG) (g/d)

71.3a

75.9a

90.0b

74.6a

57.1c

59.9c

4.49

0.0669

0.0002

0.5147