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Table 6 Edible offal components 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

Edible offal

Treatment

T 1

T 2

T 3

T 4

T 5

SL

Blood

718.1a

769.3a

771.1a

785.83a

807.9a

NS

Heart

71.6a

73.1a

84.5a

95.2a

100.5a

NS

Liver

213.8b

256.1ab

278ab

291.1a

322.2a

*

Kidney

53.5b

55.5ab

62.4ab

62.6a

63.9a

*

Tongue

80.4a

85.67a

86.42a

86.47a

89.3a

NS

Reticulorumen

435.5b

487. 2b

501.2b

575.8ab

660.6a

*

Omasum abomasum

160.2a

161.4a

174.1a

186.0a

187.7a

NS

Hind gut

420.3b

522.7ab

509ab

591.4ab

610.4a

*

Testicles

101.4b

119.1b

182.8ab

210.2a

239.3a

**

Kidney fat

11a

12.3a

12.5a

13.8a

16.9a

NS

Omental and mesenteric fat

32.13a

36.78a

43.43a

56.5a

62.48a

NS

Total edible offal (kg)

2.31b

2.62ba

2.72ba

3.01a

3.04a

*

Total usable product (kg)

10.26c

10.82bc

11.67bc

13.2ba

14.17a

**

Total usable product (%SW)

59.43a

59.7a

61.08a

61.2a

64.48a

NS

  1. SL significance level, NS nonsignificant
  2. a, bMeans with the same letter in the same row are not significantly different,*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01