2.2.2. Experiment 2 (F. albida)
Fa1 = 2 kg DM pods and 1 kg DM maize bran in
the concentrate mixture.
Fa2 = 1 kg DM pods, 1 kg DM sunflower seed
cake and 1 kg DM maize bran in the concentrate
mixture.
Fa3 = 2 kg DM sunflower seed cake and 1kg DM
maize bran in the concentrate mixture (control).
Fa4 = 2 kg DM soaked pods and 1 kg DM maize
bran in the concentrate mixture.
All pods were ground through a 3-mm screen
before being included in the concentrate mixture.
For At4 and Fa4, the ground pods were soaked in
water for 24 h and sun-dried before being included in
the concentrate mixture.
The cows were first blocked according to body
weight and assigned to the treatments and feeding
stalls by using random numbers (Snedecor and
Cochran, 1980). A total of six Mpwapwa breed cows
was used in experiment 1 and eight cows in experiment
2. A double 3 3 and 4 4 Latin square design
was used in experiments 1 and 2, respectively.