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The objective of this study was to determine the effects of replacing different levels of toasted Daniellia oliveri seed meal (TDS) for groundnut cake (GNC) in the diets of fifteen growing 8-month-old ram-lambs (13 ± 0.25 kg body weight (BW)) on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, nitrogen utilization and ruminal fermentation. The animals were randomly assigned to one of three diets containing 0 g/kg TDS, 100 g/kg TDS and 200 g/kg TDS to replace 0, 50 and 100% of GNC (on dry matter basis) in a complete randomized design. Intakes of total dry matter (DM), digestible crude protein (DCP) and digestible organic matter (DOM), DOM, DCP, energy concentration, N retention, purine derivatives excretion, microbial protein synthesis (P |
