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Table 2 Mean nutritional compositions of seven fodder tree species (on g kg−1 DM), N = 80

From: Nutritive values of seven high priority indigenous fodder tree species in pastoral and agro-pastoral areas in Eastern Ethiopia

Tree species

DM

OM

Ash

CP

NDF

ADF

Hemi-cellulose

Lignin

IVDOMD

A. nilotica

935.3a

971.4a

28.6a

157.6a

342.1a

284.7ae

57.4a

110.7a

622a

A. tortilis

920.2b

943.7b

56.3b

152.9a

338.4b

265.8b

72.6b

108.2b

686.7b

B. discolor

930.4a

957.7c

42.3c

181.9b

329.9c

287.8e

42.1c

102.1c

647.5ab

C. sinensis

908.9c

935.2bd

64.8bd

159.3ab

630.9d

379.5c

251.3d

78.2d

511.4d

D. glabra

908.8c

938.9bd

61.1bd

116.4c

635.2e

371.3d

263.9e

72.3e

555.9e

T. indica

922b

933.2bd

66.8bd

159.3ab

329c

279.7a

49.3f

101.1c

669.6bc

Z. spina-christi

906.3c

941bd

59bd

162.7ab

636.5e

381.8c

254.8d

74.9f

550.4e

Mean

918.4

945.9

54.1

155

469.8

323.4

146.4

92.3

603.6

SE

1.33

1.71

1.71

2.82

16.74

5.58

11.28

1.77

7.78

F value

52.9

29.5

29.5

13.4

49,581.9

1764.9

6536.5

984.1

54.2

  1. SE standard error of the overall mean for each parameter; Means in same column with different superscript are significantly different P < 0.05