Treatments |
Variables |
T1 |
T2 |
T3 |
T4 |
SEM |
SL |
Initial BW (kg) |
16.2 |
17.4 |
16.6 |
16.8 |
0.537 |
Ns |
Final BW (kg) |
18.8b |
22.6a |
21.8a |
22.6a |
0.788 |
** |
ADG (g/day) |
29.6b |
57.4a |
58.3a |
64.8a |
4.75 |
*** |
FCE (g ADG/g DMI) |
0.053b |
0.083a |
0.090a |
0.095a |
0.0067 |
** |
|
a-cmeans with different superscripts in a row are significantly different at
***(P<0.001); **(P<0.01); *(P<0.05); Ns=non-significant. |
Table 2: Body weight change of Hararghe highland sheep fed natural pasture grass
hay basal diet and supplemented with dried tomato pomace and concentrate feed. |