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Table 5 Body weight measurements and feed efficiency of sheep fed on natural pasture hay and supplemented with noug seed cake and wheat bran in 50:50 ratio and ficus leaves

From: Nutrient intake, digestibility and growth performance of Washera lambs fed natural pasture hay supplemented with graded levels of Ficus thonningii(Chibha) leaves as replacement for concentrate mixture

Parameters

Treatments

T1

T2

T3

T4

T5

SEM

SL

IBW

16.28a

17.53a

17.53a

17.95a

17.33a

1.331

ns

FBW

22.80a

22.30a

21.98a

21.55a

21.13a

1.175

ns

ADG

67.50a

63.89ab

56.39ab

55.28ab

53.62b

4.212

***

FE

0.10a

0.083ab

0.073bc

0.060 cd

0.050d

0.014

***

  1. a, b, c = means within rows having different superscript are significantly different at P < 0.001; ADG average daily gain, BWC body weight change, FBW final body weight, IBW initial body weight, FCE feed conversion efficiency, NPH natural pasture hay, FTL Ficus thonningii leaves; CM concentrate mixture; *** (P < 0.001); T1 = NPH + 0 g FTL +215 g CM; T2 = NPH + 112.5 g FTL +161.25 g CM; T3 = NPH + 225 g FTL +107.5 g CM; T4 = NPH + 337.5 g FTL +53.75 g CM; T5 = NPH + 450 g FTL +0 g CM