Table 4
Apparent digestibility of nutrient by sheep fed trace mineral-fortified microbial culture (TMC)¹⁾

Item	Control	TMC added	SE	p value
	--------------- % ---------------
Dry matter	67.8	67.8	0.7	0.9427
Organic matter	70.1	70.5	0.8	0.5988
Ether extract	86.0	86.1	1.9	0.9612
Crude protein	67.7	68.1	1.8	0.8240
Neutral detergent fiber	58.8	58.2	1.5	0.7157
Acid detergent fiber	52.4	52.4	2.3	0.9924
Hemicellulose	67.7	66.3	1.5	0.3879
Crude fiber	51.3	51.5	2.0	0.9225
Nitrogen free extracts	77.0	77.5	0.8	0.5250
Crude ash	40.2	38.5	1.6	0.3194
Total digestible nutrient, %	66.5	66.4	0.7	0.8674