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Table 5.

Interactive effects of diet and sex on goats fed concentrate pellets, Lablab purpureus and Vigna unguiculata supplementing Chloris gayana .

	Treatment						SE	P value
	1	1	2	2	3	3
	Sex
	F	M	F	M	F	M
Urea	5.58^ab	4.24^b	5.42^ab	5.82^a	4.24^b	5.50^ab	0.382	0.041
Creatinine	61.44^ab	52.67^ab	52.17^b	60.78^ab	60.3^ab	65.89^a	4.264	0.0385
TP	54.19	58.67	57.94	56.67	54.33	52.56	3.546	0.622
Albumin	14.94^ab	14.00^ab	15.06^a	13.33^b	15.56^a	15.56^a	0.571	0.0310
Globulins	39.25	44.67	42.89	43.33	38.78	38.56	3.181	0.629
ALT	17.06^ab	22.78^a	15.33^b	16.22^ab	21.22^ab	20.33^ab	2.718	0.0424
ALP	201.50^a	46.33^b	123.28^ab	68.22^b	167.78^ab	46.44^b	46.444	0.0401
GGT	43.38	32.33	45.83	45.78	45.56	41.56	0.524	0.521
Cholesterol	1.95^ab	1.26^c	1.56^abc	2.07^a	1.44^bc	1.71^abc	0.182	0.005

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Means with different superscript letters within treatments and sex in the same row, differ significantly (P < 0.05). TP = total protein, ALT = alanine aminotransferase, ALP = alkaline phosphatase, GGT= gamma- glutamyl transferase. T₁ = 71% Vigna hay, 19% Katambora hay, salt (0.5%), molasses (3%), maize (5%) and mineral vitamin premix (1.5%); T₂= 90% lamb and ewe pellet plus 10% Katambora grass hay; T₃ = 72% Lablab hay 19% Katambora hay, salt (0.5%), molasses (2%) maize (5%) and mineral vitamin premix (1.5%).