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Table 10.

Effect of feed blocks on the performance of lambs related to the growth rate and cost reduction.

Basal Diet	Supplements	Growth Rate (g Day ⁻¹)	Cost Reduction	References
Stubble browsing	Conc. (250 g day⁻¹)	96	−81%	[49]
Stubble browsing	Conc. (150 g day⁻¹), wheat bran (10%), olive cake (40%), poultry litter (25%), bentonite (20%), salt (5%)	137	−80%	[49]
Wheat straw	Conc. (500 g day⁻¹)	64	−81%	[102]
Wheat straw	Conc. (125 g day⁻¹) + Wheat bran (25%), wheat flour (15%), olive cake (30%), rapeseed meal (10%), urea (4%), quicklime (8%), salt (5%), minerals (1%)	67	−12%	[102]
Straw (310 g day⁻¹)	Conc. (800 g day⁻¹)	121	−11%	[47]
Straw (310 g day⁻¹)	Conc. (300 g day⁻¹) + Wheat bran (28%), barley (10%), molasses (44%), sesames hull (5%), white cement (5%), minerals (3%), urea (5%)	110	−11%	[47]
Fresh Acacia leaves	Wheat bran (28%), olive cake (38%), wheat flour (11%), quicklime (12%), salt (5%), minerals (1%), urea (5%)	15	−11%	[103]
Fresh Acacia leaves	Wheat bran (23%), olive cake (31.2%), wheat flour (9%), quicklime (9.9%), salt (4.1%), minerals (0.8%), urea (4.1%), PEG (18%)	62	−11%	[103]
Rangeland browsing	Conc. (300 g day⁻¹)	26	−11%	[104]
Rangeland browsing	Wheat bran (28%), olive cake (38%), wheat flour (11%), quicklime (12%), salt (5%), minerals (1%), urea (5%)	40	−11%	[104]