Growth Performance of Sheep Fed Natural Pasture Hay Supplemented with Enset (Enset Eventricosum) Leaf, Noug Seed Cake or Their Mixture

This study was conducted to determine the effect of Enset Leaf (EL), Noug Seed Cake (NSC) or their mixtures on the growth performance of sheep fed natural pasture hay as a basal diet. Twenty-five yearling rams with a mean initial body weight of 16.72 ±0.08 kg were used in randomized complete block design arranged into five blocks of five animals. Five treatments were assigned randomly to each animal in a block. The five dietary treatments used were natural pasture hay fed ad libitum (T1), natural pasture hay ad libitum + 300 g NSC (T2), natural pasture hay ad libitum + 200 g DM NSC +100g DM EL (T3), natural pasture hay ad libitum + 100 g DM NSC + 200g DM EL (T4), and 300 g DM EL (T5) which are offered twice daily at 0800 and 1600 hours.