Apparent digestibility coefficients of the diets are
shown in Table 2. The supplemented diets had
significantly ( P b0.05) higher digestibility coefficients
than the unsupplemented B. brizantha hay diet.
The cows supplemented with 2 kg or 3 kg DM
Moringa daily had similar apparent nutrient digestibility
coefficients. An estimation using the intakes
and digestibilities for the diets with 2 or 3 kg DM
Moringa and assuming that the digestibilities were the
same for the diet components showed that the
digestibility of the B. brizantha hay was 52% and of
the added Moringa foliage about 80%