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Table 2.

Intake of dry matter, metabolizable energy and metabolizable protein, average daily gain, and feed conversion ratio of Dorper × thin-tailed Han crossbred ram lambs.

Items	Groups			SEM	P-value
Items	CAAS	NRC	AFRC	SEM	P-value
DMI, kg/d	1.20^b	1.29^a	1.23^ab	0.02	0.043
MEI, MJ/d	11.8^c	12.3^a	12.1^b	0.06	<0.001
MPI, g/d	118^a	100^c	113^b	2.17	<0.001
ADG, g/d	224^a	173^b	197^a	5.52	0.002
Feed conversion ratio	5.61^c	7.68^a	6.81^b	0.23	<0.001

SEM = standard error of the mean; DMI = dry matter intake; MEI = metabolizable energy intake; MPI = metabolizable protein intake; ADG = average day gain.

^a,b,c Mean values within a row with different superscripts differed (P < 0.05).