Table 2.

Live body weight and biometry of scrotum and testis (right and left) of bucks in the experimental groups

Item	Experimental group
	Control	Vitamin C	Chlorella	Chl. + Vit. C	P value
Growth performance of bucks (kg)
Initial body weight	41.7 ± 0.88	41.7 ± 1.45	41.3 ± 1.21	41.3 ± 0.88	0.792
Final body weight	49.3 ± 1.04b	51.3 ± 1.09a	51.2 ± 1.07a	53.2 ± 1.04a	0.041
Total weight gain (kg)	7.7 ± 0.16c	9.7 ± 0.26b	9.8 ± 0.26b	11.8 ± 0.31a	0.015
Scrotal and testicular biometry
Scrotal circumference (cm)	29.3 ± 0.21b	31.0 ± 0.41a	31.2 ± 0.22a	32.3 ± 0.24a	0.045
Right testis length (cm)	11.2 ± 0.14b	11.6 ± 0.03a	12.2 ± 0.16a	12.8 ± 0.12a	0.031
Left testis length (cm)	10.8 ± 0.16b	11.4 ± 0.11a	11.6 ± 0.12a	11.9 ± 0.12a	0.010
Right testis width (cm)	6.6 ± 0.151	6.9 ± 0.230	6.9 ± 0.170	7.0 ± 0.151	0.382
Left testis width (cm)	6.6 ± 0.210	6.8 ± 0.181	6.8 ± 0.150	7.0 ± 0.110	0.194
Testicular volume (ml)	327.0 ± 0.31b	345.3 ± 0.26a	340.1 ± 0.28a	353.3 ± 0.41a	0.001

^a,b,cDifferent superscripts among means on the same row indicate statistical significance differences at P < 0.05