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Table 5 Carcass characteristics of Farta sheep fed urea-treated rice straw and supplemented with dried Sesbania sesban leaves

From: Nutrient intake, digestibility, growth performance and carcass characteristics of Farta sheep fed urea-treated rice straw supplemented with graded levels of dried Sesbania sesban leaves

Carcass characteristics

Treatment

T 1

T 2

T 3

T 4

T 5

SL

SW (kg)

17.52b

19.5ab

19.6ab

21.5a

22.60a

**

EBW (kg)

12.70c

13.6bc

14.30bc

16.2ab

17.0a

**

HCW (kg)

6.48c

6.73c

7.15bc

8.4ab

9.0a

***

Dressing percentage

 SW basis (%)

36.7b

37.46ab

37.70ab

39.0ab

40.0a

*

 EBW basis (%)

48.3b

50.0ab

51.15a

51.3a

51.8a

*

 REA (cm2)

8.41a

8.43a

8.8a

9.7a

10.8a

NS

  1. SW slaughter weight, EBW empty body weight, HCW hot carcass weight, REA rib eye muscle area, SL significance level, NS nonsignificant
  2. a, b, cMeans with the same letter in the same row are not significantly different, **P < 0.01, *P < 0.05